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Hema Malini

1948 - Today

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Hema Malini (born 16 October 1948) is an Indian actress, director, producer, and politician who is currently serving as a member of the Lok Sabha from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), representing Mathura constituency since 2014. She was a member of the Rajya Sabha from Karnataka from 2011 to 2012, subsequent to her nomination to that chamber from 2003 to 2009 as a member of the BJP. Primarily known for her work in Hindi films, she has starred in both comic and dramatic roles, and is one of the most popular and successful leading actresses of mainstream Hindi cinema.Malini made her acting debut in 1963 with the Tamil film Idhu Sathiyam. Malini first acted in a lead role in Sapno Ka Saudagar (1968), and went on to feature in numerous Hindi films, frequently opposite Dharmendra, whom she married in 1980. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hema Malini has received more than 11,599,341 page views. Her biography is available in 59 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 56 in 2019). Hema Malini is the 1,078th most popular actor (up from 1,232nd in 2019), the 196th most popular biography from India (up from 200th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 12M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 58.37

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 59

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.36

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 6.23

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Hema Malinis by language

Over the past year Hema Malini has had the most page views in the with 1,958,999 views, followed by Hindi (130,879), and Russian (128,520). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Telugu (139.33%), Simple English (114.01%), and Uzbek (95.81%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Hema Malini ranks 1,078 out of 13,578. Before her are Kathryn Joosten, Jeffrey Dean Morgan, Rosemary Harris, Joan Plowright, Amrish Puri, and Barbara Brylska. After her are Stacy Keach, Pedro Infante, Megan Fox, Tchéky Karyo, Robert Ryan, and John Leguizamo.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Hema Malini ranks 118. Before her are Susan Atkins, Jonathan Hyde, Thierry Mugler, Robert Jordan, Johnny Ramone, and Jimmy Cliff. After her are Charles Taylor, Krešimir Ćosić, Carel Struycken, Donna Karan, James Faulkner, and David Albahari.

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In India

Among people born in India, Hema Malini ranks 196 out of 1,861. Before her are A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada (1896), B. K. S. Iyengar (1918), Shilpa Shetty (1975), M. Visvesvaraya (1861), Guru Tegh Bahadur (1621), and Amrish Puri (1932). After her are Andal (800), Kuvempu (1904), Pushyamitra Shunga (-300), Shah Waliullah Dehlawi (1703), Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq (1924), and Thiruvalluvar (350).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Hema Malini ranks 13. Before her are Mithun Chakraborty (1950), Akshay Kumar (1967), Ajay Devgn (1969), Dharmendra (1935), Shilpa Shetty (1975), and Amrish Puri (1932). After her are Rajesh Khanna (1942), Aamir Khan (1965), Sridevi (1963), Jaya Bachchan (1948), Bhupen Hazarika (1926), and Savitri (1936).

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Television and Movie Roles

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