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Hema Malini is the true dream girl from Bollywood. Apart from aging gracefully like Rekha and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Hema has set an example of maintaining her dignity of a Bollywood superstar. Here are 10 unknown facts about the Razia Sultan actor:

1. Hema was the brightest among her siblings, and aced her school. Her favourite subject in school was History.

2. Hema Malini's first hit movie in Bollywood was Vijay Anand's Johnny Mera Naam starring Dev Anand.

3. Her breakthrough-hit came in the form of Seeta Aur Geeta where she played a double role.

4. Rekha has been a great friend of Hema Malini, and she even helped the former during her initial days in Bollywood.

5. Before Dharmendra, Hema was proposed to by Jeetendra and Sanjeev Kumar, both equally famous actors in the 70s.

6. Dharmendra allegedly paid off the technicians to keep making mistakes, so that he could keep hugging Hema Malini during retakes.

7. Reportedly, both Hema and Dharmendra converted to Islam when his first wife Prakash Kaur refused to divorce him.

8. Hema Malini has been nominated for the Filmfare a record 11 times.

9. Raj Kapoor had reportedly written Satyam Shivam Sundaram with Hema in mind, but she refused the film.

10. Looking at Hema on the sets of Baghban, Amitabh Bachchan is believed to have said, 'you look younger than your daughters.'