Hema Malini, Esha wish Dharmendra on 79th birthday

As Bollywood's evergreen star Dharmendra turned 79 on Monday, his actress wife Hema Malini and daughter Esha wished him on the birthday. Hema, who has been married to Dharmendra for 24 years now, took to Twitter to wish the star and thanked his fans for their greetings.

Hema, 66, tweeted: 

Good morning! Dharamji's bday today & my thoughts are all with him as he is shooting in Punjab I am travelling to Delhi to attend Parl today

— Hema Malini (@dreamgirlhema) December 8, 2014

I must thank all his numerous fans frm all over the world who have been sendg best wishes for their hero's bday to both of us. Thank u all!

— Hema Malini (@dreamgirlhema) December 8, 2014

Want to share with u all this foto sent by Dharamji frm Punjab pic.twitter.com/QN7spllec8

— Hema Malini (@dreamgirlhema) December 8, 2014

Hema is Dharmendra's second wife and the couple have two daughters -- Esha and Ahana Deol.  Esha also tweeted along with an old black-and-white photo of Dharmendra:

Happy birthday papa love u pic.twitter.com/yQBKIvGEws

— Esha Deol (@Esha_Deol) December 8, 2014

Dharmendra is also father to Sunny, Bobby, Vijeeta and Ajeeta, his kids with first wife Prakash Kaur.