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Dharam Singh Deol was born on 8 December 1935, in Nasrali, Punjab, India, and is an actor, best known for his work in Hindi cinema, particularly for action films such as “Sholay”; he has received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award thanks to his contributions. All of his efforts have helped put his net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Dharmendra? As of early-2017, sources estimate a net worth that is at $70 million, mostly earned through success in the Indian film industry. He has earned nicknames such as “He-Man” and “Action King” thanks to his work. He also became part of the 14th Lok Sabha, the lower house of the Indian parliament. All of these achievements have ensured the position of his wealth.

Dharmendra attended Government Senior Secondary School, and after matriculating went to Ramgarhia College where he did his intermediate.One of his first features was winning Filmfare magazine’s new talent award, after he moved to Mumbai looking for work and made his debut in “Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere” in 1960. The following year he was cast in a supporting role in “Boy Friend”, which would lead to numerous film opportunities in which he was the romantic interest. His net worth was starting to build up at this point.

Over the next few years, he became part of films such as “Dil ne Phir Yaad Kiya”, “Pooja Ke Phool”, and “Main Bhi Ladki Hoon”. One of his first action films was “Phool Aur Patthar” in which he was given the solo hero role. He became one of the top talents of the industry, and soon he would get his first Filmfare nomination for Best Actor, receiving critical acclaim for his performance in “Anupama”. Aside from action films, Dharmendera has also had comic roles in “Tum Haseen Main Jawan”, “Dillagi”, and “Naukar Biwi Ka”.

He became very successful with his future wife Hema Malini, and the couple starred together in many films, including “Raja Jani”, “Dost”, and “Chacha Bhatija”. In between 1976 to 1984, Dharmendra went on to appear in action films such as “Bhagawat” and “Katilon Ke Kaatil”, working with various directors and collaborating the longest with Arjun Hingorani; they worked together in films such as “Kaun Kare Kurbanie”, and Khel Khllari Ka”. He’s also worked with most members of the Kapoor Family.

Dharmendra then experimented with film production, and would go on a four-year acting hiatus in 2003. He returned to films in 2007, and would appear in films such as “Apne” and “Life in a… Metro”.

Aside from his film work, Dharmendra became a judge in the reality television show “India’s Got Talent”. He established a production company called Vijayta Films. One of the company’s first films was “Betaab” which starred Dharmendra’s son. All of these other opportunities elevated his net worth further.

Dharmendra was also supposedly active in politics, and became a Member of the Parliament in 2004, although apparently attending only rarely.

For his personal life, it is known that Dharmendra’s first marriage was to Parkash Kaur. They have two sons and two daughters. His two sons would eventually go for acting careers as well. His next marriage was to Hema Malini after he converted to Islam, so maintaining both wives. They have two daughters who would also venture into acting.

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• Cousin is actor, producer Vijay Dhanoya (Dhanoa). He is the brother of Guddu Dhanoa and actor Narendra.
• His cousin Narendra attempted to become a actor in the 1970s. Narendra starred in the film “Apne Dushman” opposite Reena Roy and the Punjabi film “Do Sher” and a few other films. Narendra is the elder brother of director Guddu Dhanoa. In 2006 scandal broke out as Stardust Magazine carried a story of Narendra’s son Vishal Dhanoa. Vishal had previously worked as a assistant on the film “Jaal -The Trap” and acted in a television serial .Vishal was arrested for exposing himself inside a Mumbai University complex in Kalina. Another report was lodged against him saying he attempted to assault a woman who lived in the same vincity as him. In 2013 Vishal was arrested for stabbing his mother Meena due to not giving him money. The media stated that he was a habitual drug user and heavy alcoholic. The media picked up on the story as Dharmendra and Sunny Deol rushed Meena to the hospital right away.
• Starred in the shelved film “Dagdar Babu” (1974). Starring Dharmendra, Jaya Bhadhuri,Utpal Dutt,Urmila Bhatt. Directed by Labhendu Ghosh.
• Starred in the shelved film Mera Imaan (1988). Starring Dharmendra, Govinda,Shabana Azmi, Mandakini,Amrish Puri, Gulshan Grover.Directed by Ashok Tyagi.
• Distant relative of action director Mohan Singh Baggad.
• Daughter Ajeeta Chaudri works as a school psychologist (Special Education Services) at a elementary school in San Fransisco, USA.
• Had a younger sister named Surinder who passed away from Typhoid when she young. Surinder was older then brother Ajit Singh Deol.
• Had a elder brother named Santosh who passed away at the age of 2.
• In Arun Bakshi’s debut Punjabi album ,”Bol Mitti De Bawya”(1999), Dharmendra gave Punjabi commentary. Lyrics were by Dharmendra’s brother Ajit Singh Deol.
• Starred in the shelved movie P.P.International’s “Uddesh”(1996) Starring Dharmendra,Goldie Marwah,Ritu Shivpuri,Kiran Kumar,Aruna Irani,Ranjeet,Arjun, Mohan Joshi, Music by Dilip Sen, Sameer Sen,Directed by S.L.Raj, Reels:3.
• Starred in the shelved movie, Veshaaka Films “Rafoo Chakkar”(1996)Starring Dharmendra, Abhishek Kapoor, Sooneha, Raj Babbar, Mohan Joshi, Arjun, Music by Bappi Lahiri, Directed by Farough Siddiqui. Reels :14.
• All five of his films with actress Asha Parekh were hits. Even though, he is an handsome actor with a reputation as a ladies man, Asha denied an affair with him by stating that “I drew the lines in our friendship quite clearly”. She valued their friendship so much that she tried to get him cast in the film Nadaan (1971) with her, because she felt his career was at a low phase at that time. However, the film’s director Deven Verma was in an awkward position, because he had already cast another actor. Dharmendra graciously backed out and not wanting Asha to be upset with the director, instead told her that he wasn’t right for the role. They maintained their friendship for more than 50 years.
• Starred in the shelved movie,Shahbaaz Films “Kismat Ki Rekha”(1995)Starring Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna,Rekha,Krish Malik,Mehak,Arjun,Kunika,Kader Khan, Puneet Issar,Music by Anu Malik, Directed by Latif Khan, Reels:9.
• Starred in the shelved movie City Lights FilmInternational’s “Mulaazim”(1995) Starring Dharmendra, Jeetendra,Kamal Sadanah,Pratibha Sinha,Shakti Kapoor,Sadashiv Amrapurkar,Dalip Tahil,Kader Khan,Asif Sheikh,Music by Anand -Milind, Directed by Nasir Ansari. Reels:4.
• Starred in the shelved movie I.A.D.Productions “Chattan”(1996)Starring Dharmendra, Reena Roy,Atul Agnihothri,Varsha Usgaonkar,Sabaa,Karina Grover,Mukesh Khanna,Raza Murad,Kader Khan, Music by Milind Sagar,Directed by Iqbal Durrani, Reels:13.
• Starred in the shelved movie Ekta World Link Movies “Do Numbari”(1990) Starring Dharmendra,Shatrughan Sinha,Shilpa Shirodkar, Vishal Bharadwaj,Sunil Dhawan, Navin Nischol,Moon Moon Sen,Yunes Parves,Sonu Walia,Gulshan Grover,Music Amar Uptal,Produced by Chanda Singh, Directed by J.S. Channy.
• Starred in the shelved Shama Firdouse Productions “Battalian”(1997) Starring Dharmendra,Tabu,Seema Siddhu,Girish Dube,Anupam Kher,Mukesh Khanna,Mohan Joshi,Kader Khan,Shahnawaz Khan,Music by Syed Ahmed,Directed by Nisar.A. Khan.
• Starred in the shelved movie Akruti Films(India)P.LTD’s “Jai Jai Santoshi Maa”(2000)Starring Dharmendra,Biswajeet,Dara Singh,Arun Govil,Asrani, Satyen Kappu,Alok Nath, Shakti Kapoor,Arun Bakshi, Music by Santosh Srivastava,Produced by Ajay Kumar Tripathi,Directed by Mohan Singh Rathore.
• Starred in the shelved movie Manav Enterprises “Aandhi Aur Toofan”(2001) Starring Dharmendra,Nirmal Pandey,Hemant Birje,Sanjeevani Gupta,Preeti Bhutani,Upasana Singh,Pinky Chinoy,Pushpa Verma,Pramos Moutho, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Music by Amod Bhatt, Produced by Peter Almeida,Ashok Saraswat,Directed by Pratap S.R.
• Starred in the shelved movie Maa Vaishno Devi Films “Jigarwala”(2001) Starring Dharmendra, Mohan Joshi,Raza Murad,Razzak Khan,Deepak Shirke,Shiva,Hyder Qazmi,Anil Nagrath,Vinod Tripathi, Music by Sawaan Kumar Saawan, Produced by Neha Rajput,Directed by Jitendra Chawda.
• Starred in the shelved movie Shristi Creations “Love Station”(1998)Starring Dharmendra,Mithun Chakraborthy,Pratibha Sinha,Prem Chopra,Pramod Moutho,Deepak Shirke,Vishwajeet Pradhan,Jack Gaud, Ishrat Ali, Music by Bappi Lahiri, Directed by Sanjay Sharma.
• Starred in the shelved movie,Waris Pictures “Tanaav”(1999) Starring Dharmendra, Naseeruddin Shah,Moushami Chatterjee,Deepti Bhatnagar,Guddu Rizvi,Divya Jaiswal,Asif Shaikh,Nishigandha Wad,Mohan Joshi Kiran Kumar,Music by Jatin Lalit, Produced by Waris Ali Rizvi, Directed by Vijay Reddy.
• Starred in the shelved film Filmistand Studio’s “Aaj Ka Paigham”(1997) Starring Dharmendra, Sharad Kapoor, Manek Bedi,Simran, Ayesh Jhulka,Mohan Joshi,Mukesh Rishi,Avtar Gill,Mushtaq Khan,Bindu, Ishrat Ali,Music by Aadesh Srivastav, Produced by Vijender Saroha,Directed by Sisir.K.Mishra.
• Starred in the shelved movie Swaroop Pictures “Hamara Faisla” aka “Hum Angaare Hain” (1997) Starring Dharmendra,Ravi Kissen,Shakti Kapoor,Sanjay Shah,Jaya Mathur,Kishore BhanushaliBirbal. Yunes Parves,Alok Nath, Johnny Lever,Mohan Joshi,Razak Khan, Music by Vipin Kishore, Directed by Jitendra Johri.
• Starred in the shelved movie, Narendra Bedi’s “Kanoon”(1982) Starring Dharmendra,Jeetendra, Hema Malini, Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Directed by Narendra Bedi. 6 Reels.
• Starred in the shelved movie,Family Film Club’s “Bhagini”(1981) Starring Dharmendra, Hema Malini,Reena Roy, Amjad Khan, Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal,Directed by Ram Mukherjee. 15 Reels Completed.
• Starred in the shelved movie Vijay Productions “Hum Hain Aag”(1995)Starring Dharmendra, Sunil Shetty, Jay Mehta, Shilpa Shirodkar, Somy Ali, Mukesh Khanna, Rami Reddy, Music Bappi Lahiri.Directed by Deepak Bahry. 8 Reels.
• Starred in the shelved movie Pitra Chhaya Productions “Waqt Gawah Hain”(Karam Bandhan)(1995) Starring Dharmendra,Rishi Kapoor,Mamta Kulkarni,Sonu Walia,Moushami Chatterjee,Johnny Lever,Ram Mohan,Ashok Saraf,Avtar Gill,Ram Mohan,Shyama Deshpandey, Music by Anand Milind, Produced by Ugam Sidhawat, Gehralal Mewada, S.N.Mewara, Directed by Raj.N.Sippy.
• Starred in the shelved movie,BMB Productions, “Jane Tamanna”(1995) Starring Dharmendra, Rohit Kumar, Siddharth Dhawan, Sumit Batra,Anjali Jathar,Mushtaq Khan,Javed Khan,Navneet Nishan,Pramod Moutho,Music by Aadesh Srivastav, Produced by M.C. Bokadia, Directed by Kunwar Bhupat Singh. The tragedy of the film was that the film’s negative were burned in a fire in the editing room. This caused the film to be sadly lost. Some of the songs are still available on youtube. A year later producer KC Bokadia released the songs of Jane Tamanna with a picture of Saif Ali Khan and Karishma Kapoor on the cover.
• Starred in the shelved movie Ideal Pictures “Mr.Junglee”(1990) Starring Dharmendra,Jaya Pradha,Shakti Kapoor,Pradeep Kumar,Aruna Irani,Rakesh Bedi,Amrit Pal,Praveen Kumar,Bramachari, Music by Anand Milind, Produced by Rajendra Joshi,Directed by Chaman Niilay.
• Starred in the shelved movie, P Walvekar Pictures Company’s “36 Ka Bada Ankkadha”(1990). Starring Dharmendra,Hemant Birje,Sonu Walia,Satish Kaul,Upasana Khosla,Alok Nath,Sarla Yeolekar,Jack Gaud ,Subbiraj,Sudhir Pandey,Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Produced by Pradip Walvekar, Directed by Mounna Dhari.
• Starred in the shelved movie,D.N. Films’s “Desh”(1996) Starring Dharmendra,Puru Raaj Kumar,Mamta Kulkarni,Karina(Eva)Grover, Raj Babbar,Mohan Joshi,Mukesh Rishi,Mohnish Behl,Ishrat Ali,Avtar Gill,Paresh Rawal,Sudha Chandran,Mushtaq Khan, Harish Patel,Music by Aadesh Srivastava, Produced by Damodaran S.Mudaliar,Rajbans Singh,Rajan Mudliar, Directed by Sanjay Khanna.
• Starred in the shelved movie, Indian Arts “War” (1999). Starring Dharmendra, Mithun Chakraborthy, Aditya Pancholi,Mallika, Puneet Issar,Jack Gaud. Produced by Saroj Choudhry, Directed by TLV Prasad.
• Jhuta Sachch, a box-office flop, in 1984 was his 72nd solo hero film and offers for Dhamendra in solo hero films declined from 1984 as a result till 2013 he did only 85 solo hero films.Till 1975 Dharmendra was doing more solo-hero films and Sholay was only his 24th multi-hero film but due to failure of his solo hero films between 1975-81 he accepted more multi-star cast films from 1980. From 1984 he accepted too many multi-star films of action genre such that by 2013, his multi-star cast film tally stands at 158 and solo hero films only at 85.
• Dharmendra has appeared in 288 films which includes 158 multi star cast films and did only 85 solo hero films and 45 films not as lead hero but in guest appearance. Off these 158 multi star cast films – 101 were flops and had 57 hits. Off the 85 solo hero films – 45 were flops and 40 hits. Then from the 45 films where he had guest role only 11 were hits and rest 34 were flops. Dharmendra had a total of 180 flops from 1960-2013 and had 107 hits from 1960-2013.
• Till end of 1983, Dharmendra had done only 43 multi-star cast films and 71 solo hero films . From 1984 he accepted too many multi-star films of action genre such that by 2013, his multi-star cast film tally stands at 158 and solo hero films only at 85.Till end of 1983, Dharmendra had done only 43 multi-star cast films and 71 solo hero films . From 1984 he accepted too many multi-star films of action genre such that by 2013, his multi-star cast film tally stands at 158 and solo hero films only at 85.
• Though earlier by 1975 he had established himself as a versatile actor who could act in every genre of cinema, due to consistently acting in action genre from 1976-1997 and coupled with many flops from 1988-2003, his image changed from a versatile star to B grade action hero.
• Hukumat, his 74th solo hero film, was highest grosser, at the box office in 1987.
• Dharmendra had a total of 180 flops from 1960-2013 and had 108 hits from 1960-2013. These 107 hits include 13 diamond jubilee hits, 32 golden jubilee hits. All his 107 hits were silver jubilee hits. His 108th film was Bhojpuri film Des Pardes in 2013.
• His only successful solo-hero films from 1989-2002 as lead hero include Elaan-E-Jung (1989), Kundan (1993) and successful multi-star films from 1990-2002 as lead hero include Veeru Dada Naaka Bandi, Hum Se Na Takrana, Sher Dil(all in 1990), Farishtay (1991), Zulm Ki Hukumat , Virodhi , Khule-Aam , Tahalka (all 4 in 1992), Kshatriya (1993), Maidan-E-Jung (1995). His other successful films had him in guest appearances in Vardi (1989),Ilaaka (1989), Trinetra (1991) and Munnibai (1999).
• In the year 1988,he had 9 releases but 6 flopped and 3 were hits and in 1989 all his 6 films flopped and 2 were hits. From 1990-2013, he acted in 74 multi star-cast films and of them only 17 were hits. From 1990-2013 he did only 9 solo hero films of which only one film was a hit.From 1990-2013 he was not in lead role in 10 films and of them 4 hits and 6 flops.
• Daughter Ajeeta’s mother in law’s name is Narinder Kour Chaudhri.
• Granddaughter’s name’s are Nikita Chaudhri and Prianka Chaudhri ( Daughter Ajeeta’s daughters) Prianka was born in 1995.
• Son in law name is Kiran Chaudhri ( A world famous dentist) married to Ajeeta.
• Brother in law of actor, producer Jagdarshan ( Samra). Jagdarshan is married to Dharmendra’s wife Prakash’s sister (Dolly).Jagdarshan son Vik Samra is married to actor Paintal’s daughter Mitasha. Jagdarshan’s other son Raj Samra was to debut as a actor in the film ” Kahin Hain Woh Aas Paas” (2006). It was a slick murder mystery.The film is completed and unreleased due to financial problems.The whole Samra family is settled in Surrey, BC, Canada.
• Daughter’s Ajeeta and Vijeyta are married and settled in Califonia, USA.
• Starred in Alok Chitra’s shelved film ” Kahin Deep Jale Kahin Dil ” in 1965. The film co starred Shashi Kapoor. This would have been the first film they both worked in.
• Went for a world tour concert with Hema Malini and Kishore Kumar in 1981. They visited cities in Canada, America and England.
• Was originally signed for Zabardast in 1979 but the film was shelved. It had Dilip Kumar Dharmendra Rishi Kapoor and Kajal Kiran. Nasir Hussein launched in again in 1985.
• His secretary Iqbal Singh produced Amitabh Bachchan’s hit movie Kaalia.
• Starred in the shelved film Bharosa.
• Brother in law of actress Madhoo ( Hema Malini ‘s cousin).
• His brother Kanwar Ajit Singh (Ajit Singh Deol) and cousin actor Veerendra married two sisters on the same day. Ajit to Usha and Veerendra to Pammi. Pammi and Usha are sisters.
• Cousin Veerendra’ s son actor Randeep Arya is the partner of Deepti Bhatnagar.
• Uncle to Actor, Model Ramandeep Arya ( Dharti -2011).
• Uncle to actor, producer Randeep Arya ( Veerendra ‘ s son).
• Eldest daughters name is Ajeeta Kishan Deol. Nick name is Dolly.
• Starred in the shelved film “Desh” (1996) starring Dharmendra, Aditya Pancholi, Puru Rajkumar, Mamta Kulkarni,Karina Grover, Mohan Joshi,Mukesh Rishi,Paresh Rawal, Mohnish Behl.
• His film ” Mukka” was completed but unreleased. Starring Dharmendra, Armaan Kohli, Avinash Wadhawan, Ravi Kissen, Tinnu Anand. Music: Nikhil-Vinay. Produced:Rohitasha Movies. Directed: Raj .N.Sippy.
• His film ” Suryakant” (1995) was completed but unreleased. Starring Dharmendra, Madhoo , Sonu Walia, Arjun, Kiran Kumar, Mohan Joshi, Jagdeep. Music : Mahesh Kishor. Produced : Waris Pictures. Directed : Inayat .H. Sheikh.
• Uncle of actor Rammi Dhillon.
• Cousin of Punjabi actor Veerendra (Varinder).
• It is said that on the sets of Sholay, Dharmendra paid Rs. 20 each times to the light boys who were asked to disturb the scene while Dharmendra was teaching Hema Malini how to shoot with a revolver. So more than Rs. 2000 were given to the light boys for hugging Hema at his will.
• In his youth, actor Dharmendra was such a big fan of actress Suraiya that he walked miles to watch her film Dillagi, over 40 times.
• Dharmendra’s most notable acting performance were in Anupama, Satyakam, Chupke Chupke with Hrishikesh Mukherjee, Jeevan Mrityu with Satyen Bose, Do Chor with Padmanabh, Loafer with A.Bhimshingh, Samadhi with Prakash Mehra, Sholay, where he appeared as the inimitable Veeru, Dillagi directed by Basu Chatterjee, Atma Ram’s Shikar and Resham Ki Dori, Umesh Mehra’s Alibaba Aur 40 Chor, Raghunath Jhalani ‘s Aaye Din Bahar Ke and Aya Sawan Jhoom Ke , Anil Sharma’s Hukumat , all his 4 films with Pramod Chakravarthy and his 7 films with Arjun Hingorani.
• His other successful association was with director Pramod Chakravarthy with whom all his 4 ventures were box-office success each belonging to different genre – drama in Naya Zamana, romance in Dream Girl, action in Azaad and Jugnu.
• His most successful and longest collaboration was with director Arjun Hingorani from 1960-1991. Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere was debut film of Dharmendra as an actor and Arjun’s first directorial venture with Dharmendra as the lead hero. They together worked in 4 hits – Kab? Kyoon? Aur Kahan?, Kahani Kismat Ki, Khel Khilari Ka , Katilon Ke Kaatil where Arjun was the producer and the director but their last film together Kaun Kare Kurbanie in 1991 flopped badly. Furthur Arjun produced 2 films where he was not the director but only the producer and Dharmendra was the hero – Sultanat and Karishma Kudrat Ka – both of which flopped.
• Dharmendra’s image took a beating with B grade films in mid 90s but he bounced back with films like Life in A Metro, Apne, Johny Gaddaar in late 2000s.
• He was successful A grade hero till 1993 and after 1994, most of his films were called as B grade action movies as they had lower production values and were mostly directed by Kanti Shah, Surinder Kapoor and Dilip Gulati and star-cast often included actors like Hemant Birje, Mohan Joshi, Raza Murad, Shakti Kapoor,Jay Mehta, Sadashiv Amrapurkar and Kiran Kumar.
• Dharmendra became the first Indian star to be voted among the most handsome men in the world in mid-70s.
• Cousin of Bollywood Director Guddu Dhanoa.
• Brother acted and produced films under the screen name Kanwar Ajit Singh .
• His film Hukumat was among the top grossers at the box office in 1987.
• Dharmendra and Hema Malini are one of the most popular and commercially successful onscreen pairs of Indian cinema. They were also voted as the most good looking onscreen couple as both of them were considered the most handsome and most beautiful actor and actress of their time.
• He stopped taking up lead roles in B grade movies from 2003. As a supporting actor he achieved success with Pyar Kiya Toh Darna Kya, and made a come-back to A grade Hindi films with successful films like Life in a Metro (2007), Apne (2007) and Johnny Gaddaar (2007). His film Yamla Pagla Deewana (2011) was box-office hit in 2011.
• Dharmendra also has the distinction of appearing in several films opposite actresses who have also starred opposite his son Sunny Deol. Notable among those are Sridevi in Naaka Bandi, Jaya Prada in Elaan-E-Jung, Dimple Kapadia in Shehzaade, Amrita Singh in Sachai Ki Taaqat, Kimi Katkar in Humlaa and Poonam Dhillon in Sone Pe Suhaaga.
• He acquired the tag of He-Man in 1987 at the age was 52 – when of the 11 releases as the leading man in that year , 7 action films became successful namely multi-star films Watan Ke Rakhwale, Insaniyat Ke Dushman, Loha, Dadagiri, Aag Hi Aag, Mard Ki Zabaan and the solo hero film Hukumat.
• Dharmendra launched his production house Vijayta Films in 1983 with the film Betaab that was the debut of his son Sunny Deol. The film went on to become a huge hit. Later he produced Ghayal in 1990, also starring his son Sunny Deol in lead. The film became one of the biggest hits of the year and won 7 Filmfare Awards including Best Film award. Dharmendra received National Award for Best Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment for Ghayal as a producer.
• Dharmendra has worked with most of the leading actors of Hindi cinema including Rajendra Kumar, Balraj Sahni, Ashok Kumar, Biswajit, Amitabh Bachchan, Vinod Khanna, Jeetendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Salman Khan and actresses such as Nutan, Waheeda Rehman, Saira Banu, Nanda, Asha Parekh, Hema Malini, Raakhee, Rekha, Sridevi.
• He having acted in woman oriented films as a supporting actor from 1960-68 and having achieved success in romantic films from 1968-71 and also in action films from 1971-1974, began to be called a versatile actor by 1975. His comic timing in comedy films like Tum Haseen Main Jawan, Do Chor, Chupke Chupke, Dillagi , Naukar Biwi Ka were appreciated.
• He was a romantic hero till Rajesh Khanna entered the scene in end of year 1969. Dharmendra’s career shifted from being a romantic hero to action hero with Mera Gaon Mera Desh directed by Raj Khosla.
• Dharmendra is one of the most commercially successful stars of Hindi cinema. According to a survey called Big Box Office Bucks conducted by The Economic Times in 2006, Dharmendra was the 4th highest grossing star of all time. The list was topped by Amitabh Bachchan.
• Dharmendra is one of the biggest stars of Indian cinema. He is considered one of the most handsome men, not only in India but worldwide. He gained titles such as “He-Man” and “Garam Dharam” for his looks and popularity in action films.
• Dharmendra was among the highest paid Hindi film stars of 1970s.
• Did 13 B grade Action films with Hemant Birje in 1991-2003.
• He has four children with his first wife Prakash Kaur. Two sons, the Bollywood stars Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol and two daughters Ajeeta and Vijeta.
• On August 21, 1979 he converted to Islam, changed his name to Dilawar Khan, got married to actress Hema Malini, as his first wife, Prakash Kaur, could not be divorced either as she was mother his 4 children and he had fallen in love with Hema Malini only from 1975 whereas had married Prakash Kaur in 1954. In accordance with the Hindu Marriage Act it is illegal for a Hindu to get re-married when his first wife is still alive. Two Congress party-members have launched law-suits against him under section 420 of the Indian Penal Code in this connection as he failed to make a declaration of his religion when he joined the Janata Party.
• He is the only actor to have starred with almost all the Kapoor members. He did not star with Kareena Kapoor and Prithviraj Kapoor.
• Father of Bollywood stars Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol from his first marriage.
• Father of Esha Deol and Ahana Deol from his second marriage to Hema Malini.
• Hindi megastar

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