{"id":307983,"date":"2025-11-25T15:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/307983\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T15:41:12","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T15:41:12","slug":"dharmendra-didnt-want-daughter-esha-deol-to-act-in-films-it-took-a-long-time-to-convince-him-bollywood-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/307983\/","title":{"rendered":"Dharmendra Didn’t Want Daughter Esha Deol To Act In Films: ‘It Took A Long Time To Convince Him’ | Bollywood News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last Updated:November 25, 2025, 08:41 IST<\/p>\n

Esha Deol reveals Dharmendra wanted her to marry young, not join films, but Hema Malini inspired her. She debuted in Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe and starred in Tumko Meri Kasam.\"font\"\"Dharmendra<\/p>\n

Dharmendra passed away on November 24.<\/p>\n

Bollywood actor Esha Deol, who is the daughter of stars Dharmendra and Hema Malini, once said that her father was not keen on her joining films and wanted her to get married instead.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe didn\u2019t want me to enter films. He was rightfully orthodox because he was a Punjabi, so he wanted me to get married and settle down at 18 because that was his conditioning, he\u2019s coming from there,” said Deol to Hauterrfly in 2024.<\/p>\n

The actor, who won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for \u201cKoi Mere Dil Se Poochhe”, said the women in his family are brought up that way but seeing her mom on screen made her want to do something along those lines.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe women in his family are brought up that way. But my upbringing was very different in my house, seeing my mom act in films and her dance gave me direction. It was ingrained inside me that I wanted to do something,” she said.<\/p>\n

Deol said it was hard to get her father on board. \u201cIt took a long time to convince him, it was not easy, but today is a different story,” she said.<\/p>\n

Esha and Dharmendra worked together in 2011 film \u201cTell Me KKhuda”, directed by Hema Malini. The film also featured late stars Vinod Khanna and Rishi Kapoor and Farooq Sheikh.<\/p>\n

Adding she \u201cwasn\u2019t prepared” for the comparisons between her and her mother that followed and said she recalls \u201cfeeling uncomfortable”.<\/p>\n

Known for her roles in films such as \u201cNo Entry”, \u201cShaadi No. 1″ and \u201cKill Them Young”, Deol was most recently seen in the 2025 film \u201cTumko Meri Kasam” alongside Anupam Kher and Adah Sharma.<\/p>\n

(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI<\/a>)\"ShreyankaShreyanka Mazumdar<\/a><\/p>\n

Shreyanka Mazumdar is Chief Sub Editor of the entertainment team at News18. With an unbridled passion for all things Bollywood, she loves deep-diving into the glitz and glamour of the entertainment world, bring…Read More<\/p>\n

Shreyanka Mazumdar is Chief Sub Editor of the entertainment team at News18. With an unbridled passion for all things Bollywood, she loves deep-diving into the glitz and glamour of the entertainment world, bring… Read More<\/p>\n

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November 25, 2025, 08:41 IST<\/p>\n

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