It was a special day for the Deol family as it was announced that the veteran actor Dharmendrawho died in November of last year, will receive Padma Vibhushan awards. The announcement of the Padma 2026 award coincided with Dharmendra’s eldest son Sunny Deol with his stepsisters Esha Deol and Ahana Deol at a special ceremony. Border 2 screening. Sunny’s Border 2 is receiving a lot of praise from the audience as it is a box office hit.
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Sunny Deol poses with Esha and Ahana
It was an emotional family moment when Sunny stepped out with her sisters, Esha Deol and Ahana Deol, at the special screening of Border 2. While Sunny is Dharmendra’s son from his first marriage to Prakash Kaur, Esha and Ahana are daughters of Dharmendra and Hema Malini. It was a rare appearance of the brothers together. The families were not seen together after Dharmendra’s death, not even at their prayer meeting. While Sunny and Bobby Deol organized a prayer meeting in Mumbai, Hema Malini and her daughters did not attend. They held separate meetings in Delhi and Mumbai.
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However, Hema later ruled out any talk of an alleged rift between the two families in an interview with SCREEN. “He has always been very nice and cordial. Even today he is very nice. I don’t know why people think that something is wrong with us. It’s because people want to gossip. Why should I answer them? Do I need to give an explanation? Why should I? It’s my life. My personal life, our personal life. We are absolutely happy and very close to each other. That’s all. I have nothing more to say about this. I don’t know what stories people are making up. It’s very sad that people use other people’s pain to write some articles. That’s why I don’t respond (to such speculations),” he had said. She also added that Sunny often consults her and does so when it comes to setting up a museum for Dharmendra.
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Dharmendra consulted with Padma Vibhushan
Dharmendra, who passed away in November 2025, will receive a posthumous Padma Vibhushan, it was announced on Sunday evening. One of the most celebrated actors in the history of Hindi cinema, he won the Padma Bhushan in 2012.