Danny Ben-documentary Moshe’s focuses on Indian Jewish actors as forerunners who paved the way for other women to break into the Hindi cinema business.
She’s still referred to as the Dream Girl. However, when Hema Malini decided to pursue a career in the film industry at the age of 16, her father was not pleased. Hema Malini tells about how her father was furious when she accepted the lead role in her debut film Sapno ka Saudagar in an interview for her authorized biography, Hema Malini: Beyond the Dream Girl. “My father wasn’t opposed to my classical dances during sabhas and festival functions…but my acting in films made him uneasy.” I believe he was quite aware of what his coworkers may say.”
It was the 1970s at the time. Consider what it was like for women to break into the film industry in the 1920s and 1930s.
