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Wetin we call dis foto, Dharmendra bin don say e dey ’embarrassed’ by tok about im looksArticle Information
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- Author, Geeta Pandey
- Role, Delhi
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Bollywood star Dharmendra don die for di Indian city of Mumbai at di age of 89.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi pay tribute to di actor, saying im passing “mark di end of an era for Indian cinema”.
Dharmendra, wey often dey describe imself as “a simple man”, bin command extraordinary affection and loyalty from im tens of millions of fans.
Best known as Veeru, di lovable petty criminal for di 1975 blockbuster Sholay, e appear for over 300 films, many hits, wey captivate audiences for decades.
Songs wey feature am top di charts, and im romance and marriage with Hema Malini make headlines.
Dem dey call am di “original He-Man of Bollywood” and “Garam (hot) Dharam”, di actor often dey make am to global lists of “most handsome men” wen e dey im prime and tori say female fans bin dey sleep with im photographs under dia pillows.
Bollywood stars too fall for im charm – over di years actress Madhuri Dixit describe am as “one of di most handsome people I don ever see on screen”, superstar Salman Khan say Dharmendra na di “most beautiful looking man” and actress Jaya Bachchan call am “a Greek God”.
Dharmendra bin dey always say e dey “embarrassed” by tok of im good looks and attribute am to “nature, my parents and my genes”.
Born on 8 December 1935 for Nasrali village for Punjab Ludhiana district to a middle-class Jatt-Sikh family, im schoolteacher papa name am Dharam Singh Deol.
For one 2018 interview with BBC Hindi, e say im papa bin want am to study, but e fall in love with films early on and bin want be hero.
“I bin watch my first film wen I dey for di ninth standard and I bin dey hooked. I bin dey wonder, wia dis heaven dey wia all dia beautiful people dey live? I reason say I must find my way dia. I feel like dem be mine and I belong to dem too.”
But wen e tell im family, .dem no like am.
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Wetin we call dis foto, Dharmendra (right) with Amjad Khan for Sholay
“My mama say, ‘you be our eldest child, you get family responsibilities’. I bin dey very sad. So wen we hear about di All India Talent Contest by Filmfare magazine, to just please me, she say, ‘ok, send your application’. We bin no tink say dem go select me.”
But den e win di contest and move go Bombay (now Mumbai) and di rest, as dem dey say, na history.
For three decades – after im debute with Dil Bhi Tera, Hum Bhi Tere (The heart is yours and so am I) for 1960 – e rule Bollywood, delivering several hits a year.
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Wetin we call dis foto, Dharmendra with wife Bollywood actor Hema Malini
