Overview
- The charity concert, held on Friday at Mumbai’s Shanmukhananda Hall, featured a 15-piece live orchestra and onstage tributes to the late Dharmendra.
- In a recent Zoom interview Hema Malini said filmmaking today is “completely different” and that she finds it hard to adjust, which she cited as the reason she is not taking film roles.
- Event organisers reported a Rs 10 lakh contribution from the concert to CINTAA and FWICE to support artists and technicians.
- Malini, 77, has appeared in about 200 films across six decades, directed two features and continues to perform Bharatanatyam and live stage shows.
- Her remarks and the concert underline a shift in her public role from screen acting to live performance and legacy projects such as a planned book and documentary.