Sholay, a cult classic about revenge and redemption, was initially set to have its key characters of Jai-Veeru and Thakur from Army background and a different ending, says director Ramesh Sippy, who never imagined the phenomenon his film would become upon its release 45 years ago.
Dharmendra and Dilip Kumar co-starred in the 1972 release, "Anokha Milan". He also regrets not getting more opportunities to work with Dilip Kumar.
Iconic Bollywood comedian Mehmood passed away on this day 16 years ago, and fans and friends miss him till date. Remembering Mehmood on his death anniversary, veteran actor Dharmendra tweeted: "Jab bhi milta tha ...Mahaul khill uthta tha"
Veteran actor Dharmendra on Sunday wished a speedy recovery for his frequent co-star, megastar Amitabh Bachchan, who along with son, actor Abhishek Bachchan was tested positive for the novel coronavirus. Dharmendra and Amitabh have worked together on several hits of the 1970s-80s.
"He had given me old coins... some annas (former Indian currency unit), which he would collect. I still have them with me. I am going to cherish them," Dharmendra said.
Dharnendra shared a photo of the hall on Twitter and expressed his pain on seeing it's present condition. He also went down memory lane to recall the movies he watched in the theatre and his favourite snacks.
Veteran actor Dharmendra shared a brief video clip of the ever-hit song 'Uth Neend Se Mirzia Jaag Ja' from 1975 film 'Pratiggya' and recalled fond memories with Hema Malini. Directed by Dulal Guha, 'Pratigya' has always been a remarkable one under Deol's acting career list.
In a special Instagram chat with actor Manoj Bajpayee, the filmmaker Shekhar Kapur paid a tribute to the late actor Sushant Singh Rajput by remembering the good memories made with him while working on Sonchiriya and Paani.
'Sholay' star Dharmendra is one of the most active celebrities on social media. On Monday, he surprised his fans by sharing a throwback photo of himself in which he can be seen looking away from the camera wearing a white shirt.
Bollywood legend Dharmendra shared the viral video of locust attack in Jaipur and asked fans to be careful and safe. Sharing the video, Dharmendra wrote, "Be careful.. we have faced it."
On Saturday, veteran Bollywood actor Dharmendra shared yet another video from his farmhouse in which he showed his love for bamboo. The 84-year-old star put out a video on Twitter where he is seen talking about bamboo and said that the plant was huge but had fallen down due to the wind.
Veteran Bollywood actor Dharmendra believes the coronavirus pandemic is the result of the actions of humans and the only way to survive now is to live in sync with nature.
"Happy 40th wedding anniversary to my love bugs," Hema Malini and Dharmendra's daughter Ahana Deol wished her parents on Instagram.
After farm ploughing, veteran actor Dharmendra finally shares the fruit of his hard work in his latest video where he was seen exhibiting his vegetable harvest including tomatoes, broccolis, eggplants, etc amid coronavirus lockdown in the country.
Sunny Deol and actor Bobby Deol are Dharmendra's sons with his first wife Prakash Kaur. The couple also have two daughters Ajeeta and Vijeta. In 1979, Dharmendra got married to actress Hema Malini with whom he has two daughters, Esha Deol and Ahana Deol.
An attempt to recreate "Sholay" was done by Ram Gopal Varma in 2007, with "Ram Gopal Varma Ki Aag". However, Varma's attempt was universally rejected and the film failed at box office. Sippy's "Sholay" starred Amitabh Bachchan, Dharmendra, Sanjeev Kumar, Hema Malini and Jaya Bachchan among others. Today, the film is primarily remembered for Amjad Khan's iconic performance as the film's arch villain, dacoit Gabbar Singh.
Veteran Bollywood actor Dharmendra, 84-year-old, was last seen in Bollywood film Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se along with his two sons Bobby and Sunny Deol.
"The song was shot at various places and I remember when Rakhee and I were on a boat at Powai lake for the shoot. At a distance, we could see what looked like a rock. But as we came nearer to it, we realised it was a crocodile!" Dharmendra shared.
Hema Malini and Esha Deol looked gorgeous as they appeared on The Kapil Sharma Show together to promote Esha's upcoming book called Amma Mia.
Producer Juno Chopra and Jackky Bhagnani are all set to join hands for the remake of 1980 release The Burning Train that starred Dharmendra, Hema Malini, Vinod Khanna, Parveen Babi, Jeetendra and Neetu Singh in key roles.
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