Sanjeev Kumar and Hema Malini never appeared in the same scene in the movie Sholay because, Sanjeev Kumar, proposed to Hema Malini on the sets of Sholay, got rejected outright as the actress was having an affair with Dharmendra. On seeing Hema being wooed by the macho star in front of him, Kumar was extremely hurt and conveyed to his director Ramesh Sippy that he didn’t want to be seen in the same frame as Hema in the iconic film.
