Esha Deol says her ‘orthodox’ dad Dharmendra wanted to get her married at 18, grandmother didn’t let her wear skirts

Esha said that she grew up with her mother Hema Malini, and was very influenced by her career in the movies. She, too, wanted to make a name for herself. But it took some time for her to convince her father. “I knew I wanted to be someone, but it took a while to convince him. It was not easy, but today is a different story,” she said. Dharmendra’s two sons with first wife Prakash Kaur, Sunny and Bobby, were both established actors by the time Esha made her debut in the movies in 2002.

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In the same chat, Esha shared that she grew up in a strict environment as her maternal grandmother would not allow her to wear short skirts and spaghetti tops. “My grandmother was very strict. We were not allowed to wear spaghettis and short skirts and go out. We were not allowed many late nights,” she said, and added that she went through a rebellious phase when she’d lie to her folks to go out. “There was a phase where I would lie to go out on late nights. I have done all of that. It’s not like I haven’t done that and it used to be fun too,” she said.