What are the darkest secrets of Hema Malini?

 Hema Malini was so beautiful in her heydays that she didn’t ever fall short of her suitors at any point of time.

Two particular popular actors, Jeetendra and Sanjeev Kumar, always wished to marry her at any cost.

Jeetendra flew to Chennai to meet with Hema to propose her for marriage but Hema rejected his proposal.

As for Sanjeev, he wished to marry Hema but the damsel actress turned his proposal down which morally shocked Sanjeev for the rest of his life.

Hema, for her own, wished to get married only to actor Dharmendra Deol.

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In her heydays there was no dearth of suitors for Hema. It seems every leading man of those times, married or unmarried, wanted to marry her. But the two heroes who nearly convinced her to do so were Jeetendra and Sanjeev Kumar. Jeetendra even flew down to Chennai with the shaadi ka shagun. She turned him down. As for Sanjeev Kumar, Hema was the only woman he ever wanted to marry. When she turned him down he was devastated. He never recovered. Says Hema, “I don’t know who all wanted to marry me. I only wanted to marry one man.”

Hema was also an actress with immense popularity and a number of superhits at the box office.

In fact, Hema rescued the careers of iconic actors Manoj Kumar and Rajesh Khanna when they were both going through a career slump. She starred with Manoj and Rajesh in the films "Sanyasi" and "Premnagar" respectively and helped to revive the careers of these two iconic actors

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 since both the films turned out to be major blockbusters at the box office.

She was considered the only female actor with a solid box office draw. Rescued the careers of iconic leading men. Manoj Kumar and Rajesh Khanna were both going through a career slump when they asked Hemato join them on screen in Sanyasi and Premnagar, respectively. The two actors staged a comeback with these films. “I never looked at who was my co-star except when I was working with Dharamji. Then it was different. Otherwise I was indifferent.”

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What is the dark side of Spain as a tourist?

 The dark side is checking what some tourism in Spain really looks like.

The average tourist will be poorly served because employment in the tourist sector is temporary, unstable and precarious. In other words, banana republican tourism in today's Spain narrows the Spanish employees down to people of a banana Republic.

The dark is how Spanish tourism has been designed as:

1. a monopoly (sex, sand and sun). Even though, this is slowly changing and several surveys show that nowadays sss has gone down a second choice after culture.
2. Cheap product, in the worst sense of the word.
3. Monoculture.

The dark is all the effects from this can be seen on tourist areas and the fact that this is expected to be a substitute for industrial development and the diversification of the economy. While this is expected, who really profits from mass tourism in Spain? Foreing airlines, foreign travel's agents and foreign tour operators.

To sum up, a fake monoculture is overwhelmingly sold to tourists in a plastic/cement world, which doesnt have anything to do with the Spanish culture. The excess leads to bad service and poor quality. The product is monothematic, and stereotypically adjusted to what the tourists expect to see: sangría (which nobody drinks on a daily basis, only festivals, etc), flamenco, paella, bla bla bla.

I have never understood why people prefer Magaluf over Burgos, for example.

Burgos

It is an example of a pretty, clean, well organized city. As most Spanish cities, it is also historical with polite locals (not bothered by tourists peeing and vomiting around them) no drunks, no excess, and most importantly quintessentially Spanish too. It is just one of many examples of real Spanish cities not sold to the clichés that mass tourism requires.

Or Salamanca

Or Oviedo

Galicia

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What are some dark secrets of Karishma Kapoor?

 Hmm....Karisma Kapoor. Where should I start from? One of the best actresses Bollywood has ever produced who, despite being from the Kapoor family, worked hard to get to the top. She is majorly known for her work in films such as Andaz Apna Apna, Raja Babu,Coolie No 1,Jeet, Saajan Chale Sasural, Raja Hindustani, Judwaa, Hero No 1,Dil To Pagal Hai, Biwi No 1,Haseena Maan Jaayegi,Hum Saath Saath Hai, Jaanwar,Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge, Fiza, Zubeidaa and Shakti. Along with her successful acting career, her personal life was also of great interest to the media, and rightly so because she was in a relationship with 10 men and also a failed marriage.She was rumored to have an affair with businessman Jeh Wadia and Sanjay Kapoor in her early days in Bollywood.She was also linked to Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn.

She was supposed to marry Akshaye Khanna, but things didn't work out.

She also had an affair with Govinda, since they did 10 films together. It ended soon because Govinda was already a married man.

She got engaged to be married to Abhishek Bachahan, but due to idealistic differences between the Bachahans and the Kapoors,the engagement was called off. Rumors said that she was cheating on Abhishek with Subrata Roy Sahara.

She had a troubled married life with businessman Sanjay Kapur. She later revealed that she was put on sale by her husband on their honeymoon. She was also thrashed by him and his mother regularly.

She then began a relationship with with businessman Sandeep Toshniwal, which ended after a couple of years.

Last but not the least, it seemed that she had deep infatuation feelings for one of her most frequent co-stars who is also a childhood friend of hers. Do you want to know who this person is?

Yes, I mean by what I am saying. If you observe some of her offscreen pictures with him, the way she eyed him was quite noticeable, specially in the 90's. Have a look..

Rumors of them dating each other started doing rounds when they were shooting for Jeet. See the magazine pages below-

These pics from the sets of Judwaa don't seem like that they are photoshoot pics. I mean, who in the world makes such a face during photoshoot like Salman has in these two pics. How lovingly she is clinging to him. She really loved him…

Their camaraderie at the Zee Cine Awards 1998 was also noticeable-

They have performed together at shows many times. In those days, she went on foreign shows only with him-

These pics at the 1999 Filmfare Awards also raised a lot of eyebrows-

The kiss she gave him also surprised many people-

Also her love for him was a bit noticeable on the sets of Biwi No.1-

They also had a lot of fun on the sets of Chal Mere Bhai-

The way she got terribly cozy with him at a concert in Kuwait also showed-

On her wedding, she seemed really unhappy, like “why am I getting married “ type, but when he came, her face lit up and she was really happy. Another thing to be noticed is that her husband was really jealous and uncomfortable in front of him-

This pic when Salman returned after his surgery and she greeted him with a warm hug also is valuable-

Their camaraderie on Dus Ka Dum was also a treat to watch. The all-attitude, arrogant and talkative Kareena was completely sidelined on the show by them. Pics-

The way she behaved with him on the show was an indication that she still loved him, somewhere deep inside…..

They partied together on New Year 2012-

They also went to a party hosted by Mukesh Ambani for Sachin Tendulkar-

Then they had a lot of fun at Arpita's wedding reception-

Her love for him was seen again at a party in 2015-

Also who can forget when she stood by him when he was sentenced in the hit and run case-

This farewell embrace was really warm and adorable-

Then they celebrated Christmas together in the same year-

They again got cozy at TOIFA 2016-

But these pics grabbed my attention because of the way she held his shoulder. It's obvious they are sharing a joke.

Then this selfie at Seema Khan's birthday party-

All said and done, it looks clear that she was clearly in love with him, but never expressed it.