Hema Malini is a trained Bharatnatyam dancer and her love for this art motivates her to perform even today. The actress is quite active when it comes to her dance performances at various events and recently she performed at 'Pravasi Bharatiya Diwas' event in Varanasi. Her 90-minute long act was heavily praised and the actress received a huge round of applause from the audiences gathered to catch her perform live. The act was about the holy river Ganga and how it's getting polluted these days. Esha Deol and Hema Malini Walk Out of the Stage at the Lakme Fashion Week 2018 – Watch the Video and Know Why.

The actress played the role of Mother Ganga while narrating the history of India’s holiest river and how it was getting polluted. As per reports in ANI, the tunes for the musical was composed by Asit Desai and his son Allaap Desai and the songs were rendered by Sudesh Wadkar, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Shankar Mahadevan and Mika Singh. The costumes were designed by Neetu Lulla and special effects were by Vibhore Khandelwal. Hema Malini Shares a Heartfelt Message as Dharmendra Turns 83.

Her performance was even lauded by Union Minister, Sushma Swaraj and she praised the actress and tagged her performance as Adbhut, Avishwasniya and Akalpaniya. The minister reportedly told her, “I don’t have words about your (Hema Malini) performance. First time ever in my life, I am taking three words from famous TV shows for your performance — Adbhut, Avishwasniya and Akalpaniya.” The actress had earlier tweeted her look from the event as she was excited to perform her dance ballet on Ma Ganga.

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