“I was never the kind to throw parties for my birthday. I remember how embarrassed I used to be when they'd make me cut a cake on the sets, and the unit would sing 'Happy Birthday.'”

Indian actress, director, producer, and politician

Hema Malini Dharmendra Deol is an Indian actress, director, producer, and politician. Known chiefly for her work in Hindi cinema, she has also served in the Lok Sabha for the Bharatiya Janata Party since 2014, representing Mathura. She has appeared in both comic and dramatic roles and became one of the most popular and successful leading actresses of mainstream Hindi films. In politics, she was a nominated member of the Rajya Sabha from 2003 to 2009, and later represented Karnataka in the Rajya Sabha from 2011 to 2012.