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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