Dharmendra Singh Deol - Legendary Bollywood Superstar
Dharmendra was born on 8th December 1935, into a Jat family in the Kapurthala district of Punjab
, India. His parents are Keshwant Singh Deol and Satwant Kaur. His father was a head school master at a school in Ludhiana. Dharmendra spent his childhood at his native place Sahnewal in Ludhiana.
Dharmendra has been married twice. In 1954, when Dharmendra was just 19 years old, he married Prakask Kaur. He has four children with her, two sons, actors, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol and two daughters, Vijeeta and Ajeeta.
On the sets of SHOLAY (1975), Dharmendra fell in love with Hema Malini, his costar in many films. Their romance was legendary. Dharmendra converted to Islam in 1979, and changed his name to Dilawar Khan, to marry Hema Malini.
He did so, because his first wife Prakash was not ready to divorce him. And in accordance with the Hindu Marriage Act it is illegal for a Hindu to get remarried when his first wife is still alive. On 2nd May 1980, Dharmendra got married to Hema Malini.
Dharmendra has two daughters from Hema Malini, Esha Deol, who is an actress and Ahana Deol. When Esha Deol decided to become an actress, Dharmendra was vocal about his displeasure regarding her career choice, as he did not feel that the Mumbai film industry was suitable for girls.
Dharmendra Was Also Romantically Involved With Actress Meena Kumari, His Costar In Phool Aur Patthar (1966).
Dharmendra had taken up a job with an American Drilling Company boring tube wells.
But luckily he won the Filmfare New Talent Award and this proved lucky for him. He moved to Mumbai. He Was Discovered And Signed Up By Arjun Hingorani For The Film Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere In The Year 1960.
He received a signing amount of Rs. 51, and a daily breakfast, strictly of tea, two toasts and butter but no jam! In the early 1960, Dharmendra starred in many romantic black and white films.
In 1961, he starred in SHOLA AUR SHABNAM and BOYFRIEND, which also starred Shammi Kapoor and Madhubala. In 1962 he starred with nutan in soorat aur seerat. His other films in 1962 were shaadi, opposite saira banu and anpadh, opposite mala sinha.
In 1963, dharmendra acted in begaana and bandini. Bandini (1963) was directed by bimal roy. It also starred nutan and ashok kumar.Dharmendra will be seen in Jahnu Barua HAR PAL which also stars Preity Zinta, Shiney Ahuja and Isha Koppikar.
Dharmendra most awaited film is yamla pagala deewana, which is slated to release in december 2010. The film is directed by samir karnik and also stars his sons sunny deol and bobby deol. Dharmendra was elected as a Member of Parliament in the 2004 general elections, from Bikaner in Rajasthan, on a Bharatiya Janata Party ticket.
During this time he made a remark that he could be elected as a Dictator Perpetuo to teach basic etiquette that democracy requires. This remark was severely criticized. Dharmendra has not been very active; he did not attend any Parliament sessions.
He focuses more on his films or works on his farms. He has been criticized for ignoring his duties as a Member of the Parliament. In 1991, Dharmendra won a Filmfare award for the Best Film Producer for GHAYAL (1990). In 1997, Dharmendra won the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award.
Dharmendra has been nominated several times for the filmfare best actor award. In 1967, he was nominated for phool aur patthar (1966), in 1972, he was nominated for mera gaon mera desh (1971), in 1974, he was nominated for yaadon ki baaraat (1973), and in 1975 he was nominated for reshma ki dori (1974).
Dharmendra Was Also Nominated For The Filmfare Best Supporting Actor For Ayee Milan Bela Ki (1964) And For The Filmfare Best Comedian Award For Naukar Biwi Ka (1984).
by: Karishma Roy
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