Hema Malini and Dharmendra had a history. In the 1970s and 1980s when new love stories were blooming one which caught everyones attention was Dharmendra. The Sholay actor and actress were madly in love and everyone knew that. However do you know that Hema was almost secretly married to Jeetendra? If not then keep scrolling to read more. While Hema and Dharmendra got married in 1980 before that Dharmendra was already married to Prakash Kaur and had four kids. Upon seeing this Hemas parents were completely against this union and in a wake of steering the actress away from Dharmendra Hemas parents even arranged a potential marriage between Hema and Jeetendra who was also one of the known actors of that era. According to an anecdote shared by IndianExpress Jeetendras close friend revealed in Ram Kamal Mukherjees book Beyond the Dream Girl that the actor never wanted to marry Hema Malini because he knew she loved Dharmendra. He told his friend I dont want to marry Hema. I dont love her and she doesnt love me. But my family wants it so I can. And she is a very nice girl. This union felt quite complicated as Dharmendra was also dating Shobha Kapoor (then called Sippy) and on the other hand Hema was in love with Dharmendra. However when Hema and Jeetendras respective partners came to know about their partners wedding they decided to barge in. Dharmendra reached the wedding venue drunk and barged in asking Hemas parents not to get her married to Jeetendra. The He-Man of Bollywood even urged Hemas parents to let him speak to her privately. After the discussion between Hema and Dharmendra Hema tried convincing her parents that she needed time to think about her and Jeetendras wedding. It was all no less than a film scene straight out of reality. Further after a lot of furious and heated arguments between Hema Jeetendra Dharmendra and their families the wedding was called off. And the rest we know is history. Though Hema and Dharmendra did not get married at the same venue or same time the duo tied the knot in 1980. The couple was blessed with two daughters.