Actor Hema Malini recently attended the launch of Gulzar’s authorised biography in Mumbai and at the event, the actor recalled working with the veteran filmmaker-lyricist over the years. Hema shared an anecdote from the making of their 1975 film Khushboo when Gulzar cast her in a non-glamorous role. “I wanted to do something different at that time,” Hema said at the event.
She recalled that heroines in those days were known for their hairstyles and very loud makeup but Gulzar did not want his leading lady to look like that. “Those days, we had those big hairstyles. We wore those heavy wigs. When I came to his set, the first thing he said was ‘no’. He said, ‘be natural, as you are. No wig, nothing’,” she recalled.
Hema then remembered that when her mother accompanied her to the makeup room, they were in for another shock. “When I went to the makeup room, I saw the sari I was going to wear. It was this simple sari with a non-matching blouse. I was very happy to wear that but my mother was like ‘this should more glamorous’. He immediately said no. Even the make-up was minimal,” she shared with a laugh.
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Hema said that it was a “little difficult” to adjust but “it was fun.” The actor shared that she had a habit of speaking fast in front of the camera, Gulzar got to slow down and speak clearly. “He used to ask me, ‘where do you have to go?’ I would say ‘I have to go for another shoot’. He would say ‘shoot will happen later, you first speak slowly here’. It was very difficult for me to bring my speed down.”
She also mentioned that being a dancer, she would often use her eyes to express her feelings but that resulted in her moving her eyebrows quite a lot. Gulzar did not want that so he would ask her to give multiple takes until she got it right. She shared, “He would say your eyebrow is dancing. Then I would control myself and speak.”
Gulzar and Hema worked together in Khushboo, Kinara and Meera.
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Hema Malini says Gulzar asked her to take off her wig, wear simple saris: ‘My mother said they need to be more glam’ – The Indian Express
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