Films like Sholay, Charas, Dream Girl, Seeta Aur Geeta, Dharam Veer, Professor Pyarelal et al went on to become silver, golden and platinum jubilees at the box office. Incidentally, Haathi Mera Saathi had been Rajesh Khanna's last blockbuster.Īnd in the silver screen of Hindi cinema, the golden era of handsome hunk Dharmendra had begun. However, the climax in Garam -Dharam's filmy safar had come in 1971, when the film Mera Gaon Mera Desh, considered by many as pre-cursor to all-time blockbuster Sholay, that was released alongside the then heartthrob Rajesh Khanna's Haathi Mera Saathi, went on to become a phenomenal success at the box office. The shine for the Punjabi lad had come in 1966 when Phool Aur Patthar (with Meena Kumari as a lead actress) went on to become the first blockbuster for the young Dharmendra. The struggling days were slack-jawed for me."Įven as his caravan chugged ahead in 1960, Dharmendra had to weather the showbiz storms from the likes of Shammi Kapoor and Rajendra (Jubilee) Kumar in the 1960s to Rajesh Khanna in the 70s. I turned into a lanky lad in just 1-year. But before foraying into the reel-world in 1961, I lost weight very rapidly. I got selected in the Filmfare Talent Contest in 1958. In an interview, the macho hero had said, "My entry into Bollywood was beautiful. True to the B-town style, before adorning the throne of 'He-man' in the Hindi Cinema, Bollywood had squeezed Dharmendra so cruelly that he turned a lanky lad from the muscular Punjabi Munda (boy) in just a year. Hindi films are known for their twists in climaxes. The 'Jugnu' of Hindi Cinema has turned 87 on December 8 this year. This versatile actor is none other than Bollywood's Garam Dharam Dharmendra - the He-man of Hindi Cinema. This handsome hunk young man become iconic later with his powerful trademark dialogues "Basanti in kutto ke samne mat nachna" or say "Kute Kamine. Even the thespian Dilip Kumar in 1958 had once said, I would ask God to bless me the face and looks of this young man."
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