New Delhi:
Esha Deol's week of wedding celebrations have left us not just with an entire photo album of glittering pictures, but also more than a little bewildered at the inexplicable absence of her older half brothers, actors Sunny and Bobby Deol.
Neither Sunny nor Bobby made an appearance, however fleeting, at Esha's sangeet on Monday, or at her mehendi ceremony on Wednesday. And they were not at her temple wedding to fiancé Bharat Takhtani this morning. (Photos: Radiant Esha Deol at her mehendi)
Deol patriarch Dharmendra's private life has been distinctly unorthodox ever since he married co-star Hema Malini in 1980. At the time, Dharmendra was already married to Prakash Deol and their sons, Sunny and Bobby, were over 20 and a pre-teen respectively.
Dharmendra, who converted to Islam to marry Hema, never divorced his first wife and has maintained two separate families ever since. He has two daughters with Hema - Ehsa, 30, and Ahana, 27.
Bollywood lore ascribes much friction between Dharmendra's first family and second, but Sunny and Bobby have popularly been believed to be very fond of their half sisters.
Which makes their absence from the wedding celebrations even more puzzling. Both brothers are expected to attend the grand reception being held tomorrow evening, with Bobby flying home from London in time for the event.
Neither Sunny nor Bobby made an appearance, however fleeting, at Esha's sangeet on Monday, or at her mehendi ceremony on Wednesday. And they were not at her temple wedding to fiancé Bharat Takhtani this morning. (Photos: Radiant Esha Deol at her mehendi)
Deol patriarch Dharmendra's private life has been distinctly unorthodox ever since he married co-star Hema Malini in 1980. At the time, Dharmendra was already married to Prakash Deol and their sons, Sunny and Bobby, were over 20 and a pre-teen respectively.
Dharmendra, who converted to Islam to marry Hema, never divorced his first wife and has maintained two separate families ever since. He has two daughters with Hema - Ehsa, 30, and Ahana, 27.
Bollywood lore ascribes much friction between Dharmendra's first family and second, but Sunny and Bobby have popularly been believed to be very fond of their half sisters.
Which makes their absence from the wedding celebrations even more puzzling. Both brothers are expected to attend the grand reception being held tomorrow evening, with Bobby flying home from London in time for the event.
