'Call me Hemu, not Hemaji'

While campaigning for her parent-party the BJP in Darjeeling on Sunday Hema Malini had a strange experience.
While passing through a snaky mountainous road waving and cheering to crowds of fans Hema suddenly heard a man���s voice in the crowds call out her pet name ���Hemu���.
Hema was stunned. ���Just a few people very close to me call me that. I haven���t heard anyone outside my family address me as ���Hemu���.When I heard that name being called out in the crowd I quickly turned around to see who it was. But the man had vanished. Wohparbaton mein kho gaya (he disappeared in the mountains).���
Since that old private name has been called out in the wilderness Hema is haunted by the unique experience of the warm intimacy of a stranger reaching out to her in a crowd. ���It was like someone I knew in the past calling out to me.���
Hema says she longs for people around her to loosen up and be relaxed with her. ���After so many years in the film industry I���m tired of being called ���Hemaji��� all the time. So boring! Not that I want strangers and acquaintances to act over-familiar with me. But there���s a fun side to me which only those very close to me know. When I���m with my daughters on a holiday I become one of the girls instead of their mother.���
At 60 Hema remains unimpressed by her aura. ���I���ve been campaigning round the clock for my party and I am amazed that people still come in droves to see me when I am no longer that beautiful. But that aura you talk about bores me. I want to have fun. Instead of Hemaji I want to be Hemu.���
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