DHARMENDRA

GREAT COLLECTION FROM DHARMENDRA MOVIES Dharam Singh Deol , born 8 December 1935 in Ludhiana, Punjab, better known as Dharmendra, is a legendary Indian Bollywood film star. Dharmendra has starred in a large number of hit films in Bollywood and is considered a living legend. The HEMAN as he is often called as, has given blockbusters consistently from 1962 till 1995 as lead hero alone. He was first noticed in a Filmfare spot-the-talent contest and came to Mumbai to become an actor. He was signed by Arjun Hingorani for the film Dil Bhi Tera, Hum Bhi Tere (1960) . At the start of his career he was usually cast as a romantic hero and later in the period 1974 onwards as action hero. He starred with several big leading ladies at the beginning of his career. With Nutan in Soorat aur Seerat-1962 and Bandini-1963, Mala Sinha in Anpadh-1962 and Pooja Ke Phool-1964, Saira Banu in Shaadi-1962 and Aayi Milan Ki Bela-1964 and one of the most influential persons with whom he was associated, Meena Kumari in Main Bhi Ladki Hoon-1964, Kaajal-1965, Poornima-1965 and Phool Aur Paththar-1966 etc. Dharmendra even though acted with many heroines his pairing with following made larger impact -Sharmila , Asha Parekh ,Zeenat Aman , Parveen Babi and Hema Malini. His most successful pairing was with Hema Malini with whom he has acted in as many as 27 movies of which 20 are more popular . Most of these movies were hits which in turn propelled producers to cast them in romantic films in the 70s. Dharmendra and Hema acted in many blockbusters like Sholay, Charas, Aas Paas, Jugnu, Seeta Aur Geeta, The Burning Train,Tum haseen main jawan ,Naya Zamana , Sharafat ,Raja jani ,Dost ,Pratigya,Azaad , Maa ,Dream girl , Chacha Bathija ,Dilaagi ,Ali Baba Aur Chalis Chor ,Samraat ,Bhagavat ,and the last being a flop Razia Sultan .This despite the fact that it was the era of Amitabh Bachchan who starred in action movies. His first major hit film was Phool Aur Paththar. Dharmendra starred in many comedy films, most notably Chupke Chupke, a masterpiece from Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Dillagi . Before Chupke Chupke Dharmendra had worked in Satyakam with Hrishikesh Mukherjee, which he produced as well . As action movies became more popular, he took on action hero roles throughout the 1970s. Perhaps the most memorable of these was his role in the 1975 blockbuster film Sholay, where he was teamed with Amitabh Bachchan . Throughout the 1980s and 1990s he continued to appear in many more films playing leading roles or supporting roles. Apart from Amitabh Bachchan and Akshay Kumar, no other actor in Hindi Cinema can claim to be equally good in comedy and action. He regards Pran , Dilip Kumar and Sanjeev Kumar as better actors and always prayed for success of movies of Shashi Kapoor and Devanand and has immense respect for Rajesh Khanna and Jitendra.He considers Amitabh as a younger brother. Dharmendra also has the distinction of being the actor with the most number of hits in Bollywood. He has acted in over 60 films which have gone on to be golden jubilee hits. In addition, he also has acted with the directors who varied with different styles in their film-making. Below given is a list of noted directors under categories with whom he has worked.he was recently awarded the Lifetime achievement award for his contribution to Hindi cinema. Dharmendra married twice and has maintained both his wives. His first marriage was to Prakash Kaur at the age of 19 in 1954. His second marriage was to the Bollywood actress Hema Malini. They are said to have fallen in love on the sets of Sholay (1975) although they have made many films together before and after Sholay. From his first marriage he has two daughters who are settled in California and two sons who are also successful actors: Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol. From his second wife Hema Malini whom he married on 2 May 1980, he has two daughters: Esha Deol, who is an actress, and Ahana Deol. His nephew Abhay Deol is also an actor.

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Added: March 1, 2009