'Whatever little envelope they gave us, we accepted it, almost like bheeksha': Hema Malini on how her mother handled film producers in the 1970s
- Posted on July 7, 2026
- By The Times of India
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'Whatever little envelope they gave us, we accepted it, almost like bheeksha': Hema Malini on how her mother handled film producers in the 1970s
During the 1970s and early 1980s, Hema Malini was among Bollywood's biggest stars and was widely regarded as one of the industry's highest-paid actresses of that era. However, in a recent conversation on a podcast, the veteran actor and politician dismissed that long-standing claim, saying she never earned the kind of fees today's stars command and was never driven by money in her career choices.
