The He-Man of bollywood i.e. dharmendra needs no introduction. His two sons sunny deol and bobby deol have also been superstars of their time. They are still in films and are making a splash. But the women of Dharmendra's family are not a part of the film industry. In such a situation, the question arises again and again that why do the women of the Deol family stay away from the limelight?
Dharmendra's second wife Hema Malini and her daughters are part of showbiz. But the actor's first wife Prakash Kaur, her daughters Vijayeta and Ajita have nothing to do with the film industry. Dharmendra's daughters-in-law pooja Deol and Tania Deol also stay away from the limelight. Even their social media accounts are private. In such a situation, Dharmendra's nephew and actor abhay deol has told the reason for this.
'He is allowed to work but not in films'
In a recent interview with Filmfare, abhay deol said, 'He is allowed to work but not in films.' Abhay says, 'Growing up, we were quite conservative, we grew up in a joint family and there were seven kids at home. Films were something I was exposed to since childhood, because of my uncle and father. They came from a common background, they came from a village and the big city and the world of glamour were alien to them.'
'Keeping small town values intact...'
Abhay further says, 'They (papa and uncle) want to keep their small town values intact. At that time, I did not understand why they were prevented from going to film parties, as they call them, or mingling with industry kids or industry kids. They were trying to protect us, but then I was confused.'
Family wanted me to become a lawyer
The actor said- 'My family was not surprised at all by what I did in the film industry. They always said that I should either become a lawyer or an actor. If you ask bobby or sunny deol, they would say that I argue a lot. I started as a left-hander and they made me a right-hander and I kept questioning it. At the beginning of my career, they were upset with the films I chose. They made my first film Socha Na Tha and they were okay with it.'
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