68-465: Chor Police is a 1983 Indian film, which is most famous for being the directorial debut movie of the Bollywood actor Amjad Khan . It stars Amjad Khan along with Shatrughan Sinha , Parveen Babi , Kader Khan and Shakti Kapoor . It also features special appearances by Ashok Kumar , Nirupa Roy , Vinod Mehra and Bindiya Goswami . Inspector Sunil Rana has been assigned the case of triple-homicide of
136-595: A Member of the Indian Parliament ( Lok Sabha ) from Bharatiya Janata Party representing Bikaner in Rajasthan from 2004 to 2009. During his election campaign in 2004, he made an offensive remark that he should be elected dictator perpetuo to teach "basic etiquette that democracy requires" for which he was severely criticised. He rarely attended Parliament when the house was in session, preferring to spend time shooting movies or working at his farmhouse, for which he
204-469: A Superstar . 1973 proved to be the best year of his career with many successes. His first release which was A. Bhimsingh 's action crime film Loafer emerged a superhit with its songs, including "Aaj Mausam Bada Be-Imaan", "Main Tere Ishq Mein", "Koi Shehri Babu" becoming immensely popular among the masses and making its soundtrack one of the best selling Hindi film albums of the 1970s. This
272-653: A parody of the legendary film which included look-alikes of Dev Anand and Amitabh Bachchan. He ventured into directing for a brief period in the 1980s, directing and starring in Chor Police (1983) and Ameer Aadmi Gareeb Aadmi (1985), both of the films did not do well at the box office. Amjad was the president of the Actors Guild Association. He was respected in the film industry, and would intervene and negotiate disputes between actors and directors/producers. One such dispute occurred when Meenakshi Seshadri
340-621: A blockbuster and despite playing the antagonist, Dharmendra got noticed by audience and received a nomination in the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor category. That same year, he played the lead role in Chetan Anand 's war-drama Haqeeqat . Based on the Sino-Indian War of 1962, the film proved to be a major critical and commercial success, eventually emerging a superhit with one of its song " Ab Tumhare Hawaale Watan Saathiyon ",
408-591: A blockbuster and one of the top earners of 1970. His next two films, Bhappi Sonie 's Tum Haseen Main Jawan and Asit Sen 's Sharafat , both opposite Malini proved to be superhits at the box office. This was followed by a flop in Ishq Par Zor Nahin alongside Sadhana and a hit in Kab? Kyoon? Aur Kahan? with Babita . His final release of that year was Raj Kapoor 's magnum opus Mera Naam Joker (in which he played
476-573: A career spanning nearly twenty years. He was the son of the actor Jayant . He gained popularity for villainous roles in mostly Hindi films, the most famous among his enacted roles being Gabbar Singh in the 1975 cult classic film Sholay and of Dilawar in Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978). Amjad Khan was born in Bombay , Bombay State , British India on 12 November 1940 into a Sunni Muslim family of Khalil Pashtun descent to actor Jayant ; who
544-419: A different style of filmmaking. His longest collaboration was with director Arjun Hingorani from 1960 to 1991. Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere was the debut film of Dharmendra as an actor and Arjun's first directorial venture with Dharmendra as the lead hero. They worked together in Kab? Kyoon? Aur Kahan? , Kahani Kismat Ki , Khel Khilari Ka , Katilon Ke Kaatil and Kaun Kare Kurbanie where Arjun Hingorani
612-527: A guest appearance in the song "Deewangi Deewangi" from Farah Khan 's blockbuster reincarnation drama Om Shanti Om . In 2011, Dharmendra starred in Yamla Pagla Deewana and Tell Me O Kkhuda . While the latter was a commercial disaster, Yamla Pagla Deewana performed very well and emerged a box office hit. He then appeared in sequels to Yamla Pagla Deewana , Yamla Pagla Deewana 2 (2013) and Yamla Pagla Deewana Phir Se (2018), but unlike
680-559: A mark while Brij Sadanah 's big-budget actioner Professor Pyarelal ended up as an average grosser. This changed in 1982 as five of his films emerged commercial successes, these were - Rajput , Badle Ki Aag , Ghazab , Baghavat and Samraat . In 1983, Dharmendra delivered a hit in Rajkumar Kohli 's comedy film Naukar Biwi Ka , followed by another success, Qayamat , but his most anticipated film of that year, Kamal Amrohi 's period biographical film Razia Sultan
748-760: A righteous man in Hrishikesh Mukherjee 's social drama film Satyakam , which is widely considered to be his career-best performance by fans as well as critics and went on to win National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi . The year 1970 was a notable one for Dharmendra as he delivered four major successes and formed a hit pair with Hema Malini . His first release was Satyen Bose 's crime drama Jeevan Mrityu . An adaptation of Alexandre Dumas 's novel The Count of Monte Cristo , it proved to be major critical and commercial success, eventually emerging
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#1732881473513816-723: A saleable star. He received his first nomination in the Filmfare Award for Best Actor category for the film. The success of Phool Aur Patthar was followed by hits in Mamta , Devar , Anupama and Aaye Din Bahar Ke , the same year. He was also given a souvenir at the 14th National Film Awards in recognition of his performance in Anupama . The next year, he worked in commercially unsuccessful, but critically acclaimed films like - Dulhan Ek Raat Ki opposite Nutan and Majhli Didi , Chandan Ka Palna , both opposite Kumari. Dharmendra hit
884-483: A serious accident on the Mumbai-Goa highway which left him with broken ribs and a punctured lung. He was going to participate in the shooting of the film The Great Gambler , starring Amitabh Bachchan . On 27 July 1992, he died of a heart attack. He was 51. Dharmendra Dharmendra Kewal Krishan Deol (born 8 December 1935), known mononymously as Dharmendra , is an Indian actor, producer, and politician who
952-434: A significant comic track in the form of " slapstick " comedy which led to it being referred as a "masterpiece in comedy". In 1976, Dharmendra reunited with Ramanand Sagar for the action thriller Charas . Set against the backdrop of the expulsion of Indian community from Uganda by its dictator Idi Amin in 1972, it opened to bumper response all over the nation and emerged a superhit at the box office. His other release of
1020-600: A silver jubilee at over 100 theatres. It was shown continuously at Bombay's Minerva Theatre for over five years and also ran in Kolkata's Jyoti Cinema for 103 weeks. Sholay was the Indian film with the longest theatrical run until Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) broke its record of 286 weeks in 2001. Before the end of year, he delivered another blockbuster in Pratiggya . The film along with its strong action scenes also had
1088-459: A solo by Mohammed Rafi becoming hugely popular among the masses. In 1965, he had another superhit in Ram Maheshwari's romantic drama Kaajal . The film also had Meena Kumari , Raaj Kumar and Padmini in the lead. In 1966, Dharmendra reunited with Kumari for O. P. Ralhan 's Phool Aur Patthar . The film topped the box office chart in 1966, becoming a major blockbuster and making him
1156-867: A song. In 1979, he portrayed Emperor Akbar in the film Meera . He played many positive roles such as in Yaarana (1981) and Laawaris (1981) as Amitabh's friend and father respectively, Rocky (1981) and Commander (1981). In the art film Utsav (1984), he portrayed Vatsayana , the author of the Kama Sutra . In 1988, he appeared in the Merchant Ivory English language film The Perfect Murder as an underworld don. He excelled at playing comical characters in films such as Qurbani (1980), Love Story and Chameli Ki Shaadi (1986). In 1991, he reprised his role as Gabbar Singh in Ramgarh Ke Sholay ,
1224-495: A superhit as well as one of the top 5 highest earners of that year. Its song, "Zeehale Muskin Makun ba-Ranjish", sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Shabbir Kumar was a chartbuster and dominated the musical charts. The following year, he had another commercial success with Ambrish Sangal's Begaana (1986), co-starring Kumar Gaurav and Rati Agnihotri . Dharmendra returned to the big league in 1987 by delivering eight successful films in
1292-459: A superhit at the box office. The following year, Dharmendra added one more blockbuster in his kitty with Dulal Guha 's social drama Dost co-starring Shatrughan Sinha and Hema Malini. The huge box office success of Dost was followed by moderate successes in Patthar Aur Payal and Resham Ki Dori . For his performance in the latter, Dharmendra received his 4th and final nomination in
1360-473: A supporting role). Although the film was a disaster at the time of release, it attained cult status in later years, with many critics hailing it as one of the best Indian films of all time. In 1971, Dharmendra starred in Raj Khosla 's action drama Mera Gaon Mera Desh . The film went on to become an All Time Blockbuster and established his image of an action hero. The large success of this film also made
1428-405: A theater artist and performed in his college with his brother. Before Amjad Khan came to films, he was a theatre actor. His first role was as a child actor at the age of 11 in the film Nazneen in 1951. His next role was at the age of 17 in the film Ab Dilli Dur Nahin (1957). He assisted K. Asif in the film Love And God in the late 1960s and had a brief appearance in the film. The film
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#17328814735131496-522: Is also an actor. After moving to Bombay and entering films, Dharmendra married Hema Malini , which caused controversy at the time since he was already married. Rumours began to circulate about Dharmendra and Hema Malini converting to Islam for this marriage. He and Malini starred together in a number of movies in the early 1970s, including Sholay . The couple has two daughters, Esha Deol (an actress, born in 1981) and Ahana Deol (an assistant director, born in 1985). His grandson, Bobby Deol's son,
1564-693: Is also named "Dharam", after him. In 2019, Dharmendra's grandson, Sunny Deol's elder son, Karan Deol, made his debut as an actor with Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas , which was directed by Sunny Deol. In 2023, Sunny Deol's younger son, Rajveer Deol, made his debut as an actor with Dono , directed by Avnish R. Barjatya, Sooraj R. Barjatya 's son. Dharmendra has a farmhouse in Lonavala , where he now generally resides. His family resides in Juhu , Mumbai. In 2023, he expressed that Bollywood neglected his family and never appreciated his family's contribution to cinema. Dharmendra
1632-408: Is available on ZEE5 . In 1983, Dharmendra set up a production company known as Vijayta Films . In its maiden venture Betaab , released in 1983, Vijayta Films launched Dharmendra's elder son Sunny Deol as the lead actor. The film was the second highest-grossing film of the year. In 1990 he produced the action film Ghayal , also starring Sunny. The film won seven Filmfare Awards , including
1700-470: Is listed by Indiatimes as one of the " top 25 must see Bollywood films of all time " . In 2005, the judges of the 50th annual Filmfare Awards awarded Sholay the special distinction of Filmfare Best Film of 50 years . When Dilip Kumar was giving Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award to Dharmendra, he commented "whenever I get to meet with God Almighty, I will set before him my only complaint – why did you not make me as handsome as Dharmendra?". One of
1768-423: Is not the only one involved in this homicide, which is far more complicated that he had thought it to be. Composer: R. D. Burman Lyrics: Nida Fazli This article about a Hindi film of the 1980s is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Amjad Khan (actor) Amjad Khan (12 November 1940 – 27 July 1992) was an Indian renowned actor and film director. He worked in over 132 films in
1836-691: Is primarily known for his work in Hindi films. Nicknamed the "He-Man" of Bollywood, Dharmendra is widely regarded as one of the greatest actors of Indian cinema and to be among the most handsome Indian actors of all time. In 2012, he has received the Padma Bhushan , India's third highest civilian honour, from the Government of India . Dharmendra has worked in more than 200 films in a career spanning over six decades. Dharmendra made his debut in 1960 with Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere . He first gained popularity in
1904-681: The 15th Lok Sabha of India , representing the Bikaner constituency in Rajasthan from the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Dharmendra was born as Dharmendra Kewal Krishan Deol in Nasrali , a village in Ludhiana district , Punjab , British India on 8 December 1935. He was born to Kewal Krishan and Satwant Kaur into a Punjabi Jat family. His ancestral village is Dangon , near Pakhowal Tehsil Raikot , Ludhiana . He spent his early life in
1972-520: The Filmfare Award for Best Actor category. The 1975 Emergency had angered the public, and this helped films featuring the lead character revolting against corruption and establishment become successes. The shift from romantic and social movies to action-oriented multi-starrers changed the box office. The year saw the rise of another superstar, Amitabh Bachchan , but Dharmendra remained rock-steady and continued to deliver huge hits. In 1975, Dharmendra appeared alongside Bachchan in two films. The first
2040-407: The Filmfare Award for Best Film . It won the National Film Award for Best Popular Film Providing Wholesome Entertainment . Dharmendra then launched the career of his younger son, Bobby , in 1995 with Barsaat , which was again a super hit at the box office. He was the presenter for his films like Satyakam (1969) and Kab Kyun Aur Kahan (1970). Dharmendra is widely regarded as one of
2108-709: The romantic comedy Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya . The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics, but still did a lifetime business of ₹ 1.3 billion (US$ 16 million) worldwide to emerge a commercial success. His most successful pairing was with Hema Malini, who went on to become his wife. The couple played together in many films including Tum Haseen Main Jawaan , Sharafat , Naya Zamana , Seeta Aur Geeta , Raja Jani , Jugnu , Dost , Patthar Aur Payal , Sholay , Charas , Maa , Chacha Bhatija and Azaad . He has worked with various directors, each with
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2176-516: The 1970s, 1980s and early 1990s – superseding, in terms of popularity and demand, the earlier Indian actor, Ajit . He often acted as villain opposite Amitabh Bachchan as the hero. His role in Inkaar was also presented in terrifying manner. He made his presence felt in Des Pardes , Nastik , Satte Pe Satta , Chambal Ki Kasam , Ganga Ki Saugandh , Hum Kisise Kum Nahin and Naseeb . Khan
2244-454: The 1970s. On the other hand, Vijay Anand 's romantic thriller Blackmail was an unsuccessful venture critically and commercially, but reception later improved, with many calling it one of Anand's most underrated works. The song "Pal Pal Dil Ke Paas" filmed on Dharmendra and Raakhee was a chartbuster and remains popular till date. His final release of the year, Arjun Hingorani's actioner Kahani Kismat Ki continued his dream run and emerged
2312-470: The Sinha family, namely Mr. Sinha, his son Inspector Rohan, and Rohan's wife. After an investigation, Sunil concludes that the assailant can only be Dr. Singh, who is going to escape from India, and re-locate to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, far from the jurisdiction of Bombay Police. Sunil must overcome borders to apprehend Dr. Singh, and thus bring justice to the Sinha family. It is then Sunil realises that Dr. Singh
2380-564: The United Kingdom, Dharam Veer had 23 shows in 5 cities. Driven by the success of Rafi's songs, the film took a record initial of £50,000 in the UK, equivalent to ₹ 438,140 (US$ 50,001.71). In addition, the film sold 32 million tickets in the Soviet Union . Post-1977, the quality of Dharmendra's films dropped and so the number of huge grossers, but his initial draw remained intact, owing to which
2448-429: The award from Dilip Kumar and his wife Saira Banu , he became emotional and remarked that he had never won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor despite having worked in so many successful films and nearly a hundred popular films. Speaking on this occasion Dilip Kumar commented, "Whenever I get to meet with God Almighty, I will set before him my only complaint – why did you not make me as handsome as Dharmendra?". Since
2516-495: The big league in 1968 with Atma Ram 's mystery thriller Shikar and Ramanand Sagar 's spy thriller Ankhen . Both the films opened to positive audience response and proved to be blockbusters at the box office with the latter being the top–earning film that year. His other commercially successful releases of 1968 were – T. Prakash Rao 's drama film Izzat (in which he played a double role) and Amar Kumar's romantic drama Mere Hamdam Mere Dost . The following year, saw
2584-497: The big screen for a brief period, he returned with three films in 2007. These were - Anurag Basu 's drama film Life in a... Metro , Anil Sharma 's sports drama Apne and Sriram Raghavan 's neo-noir thriller Johnny Gaddaar . Both, Life in a... Metro and Apne proved to be critical and commercial successes. On the other hand, Johnny Gaddaar , despite failing at the box office, received praise from critics and attained cult status in later years. The same year, he made
2652-587: The biggest stars of the time, Kshatriya was rejected by the audience and proved to be a flop. During this phase, he delivered average grossers in Policewala Gunda (1995) and Mafia (1996), but his other releases, including biggies, such as Maidan-E-Jung (1995) and Return of Jewel Thief (1996) proved to be critical and commercial failures. In 1997, Dharmendra received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award . While accepting
2720-648: The emergence of superstar Rajesh Khanna , who stormed the nation with back-to-back blockbusters in Aradhana and Do Raaste . With his rise, a number of stars went through career decline. During this phase, Dharmendra and Manoj Kumar were the only actors who remained unaffected by Khanna's popularity. In 1969, he had a superhit in Aya Sawan Jhoom Ke , followed by three more successful films, which were - Yakeen , Pyar Hi Pyar and Aadmi Aur Insaan . Dharmendra also received immense acclaim for his portrayal of
2788-470: The expectations and ended up as an average fare, however gained cult status in later years. His next two releases were - Alibaba Aur 40 Chor and Ram Balram . While the former was a moderate success, the latter in which he reunited with Bachchan proved to be a box office hit. In 1981, he had a superhit in Kaatilon Ke Kaatil , but other releases, such as Aas Paas and Krodhi failed to leave
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2856-496: The film also featured Dilip Kumar and Keshto Mukherjee in key roles. He has periodically appeared in films in his native tongue of Punjabi , starring in Kankan De Ohle (1970), Do Sher (1974), Dukh Bhanjan Tera Naam (1974), Teri Meri Ik Jindri (1975), Putt Jattan De (1982) and Qurbani Jatt Di (1990). He returned to Punjabi cinema after a gap with the 2014 film Double Di Trouble . Dharmendra served as
2924-495: The films received critical acclaim and emerged moderately successful. Towards the end of the year, Dharmendra appeared in Yaadon Ki Baaraat , Blackmail and Kahani Kismat Ki . Yaadon Ki Baaraat , directed by Nasir Hussain and written by Salim-Javed is widely identified as the first masala film of Indian cinema and proved to be another blockbuster for the actor as well as the second best selling Hindi film album of
2992-515: The first film, both the sequels received poor audience response. In 2023, he appeared in Karan Johar 's ensemble family drama Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani . It opened to a polarising response from reviewers but grossed over ₹ 3.5 billion (US$ 42 million) worldwide and proved to be a hit as well as the tenth highest-grossing Indian film of the year. The following year, Dharmendra co-starred alongside Shahid Kapoor and Kriti Sanon in
3060-549: The flow of successes continued till the early 90s. In 1978 and 1979, he had hits in Azaad co-starring Malini and Kartavya alongside Rekha , respectively. His other releases, including Phandebaaz (1978), Dillagi (1978) and Dil Kaa Heera (1979) also performed well commercially. Dharmendra began the 1980s with Ravi Chopra 's big-budget action thriller The Burning Train . The film co-starring Jeetendra , Vinod Khanna , Hema Malini and Parveen Babi didnt live upto
3128-780: The industry shift to action from romantic films. Dharmendra received his second nomination in the Filmfare Award for Best Actor category for his performance in Mera Gaon Mera Desh . His flow of successes continued in the following year with another massive blockbuster in Seeta Aur Geeta , a superhit in Raja Jani and a hit film, Samadhi to go with the major grossers. The mass hysteria created by Mera Gaon Mera Desh in 1971, followed by back-to-back hits with Seeta Aur Geeta , Raja Jani and Samadhi in 1972 took Dharmendra to number 1 position among his contemporaries, thus making him
3196-408: The late 1990s, he appeared in character roles in several successful and acclaimed films, such as Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya , Life in a... Metro , Apne , Johnny Gaddaar , Yamla Pagla Deewana , Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani and Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya . In 1997, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contributions to Bollywood . He was a member of
3264-509: The late-1990s, Dharmendra has appeared in character roles. His first film in such a role was Sohail Khan 's romantic comedy Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998), co-starring Salman Khan , Kajol and Arbaaz Khan . The film received positive reviews from critics and became a superhit at the box office. Dharmendra's first two major releases of the new decade were Kaise Kahoon Ke... Pyaar Hai (2003) and Kis Kis Ki Kismat (2004), both of which were box office failures. After an absence from
3332-958: The mid-1960s for films, such as Ayee Milan Ki Bela , Kaajal and Phool Aur Patthar , and achieved greater stardom in later years, being dubbed India's "Garam Dharam" for several of his on-screen roles in Hindi films. He consistently starred in several successful Hindi films from the late-1960s to the 1980s, such as Ankhen , Shikar , Aya Sawan Jhoom Ke , Jeevan Mrityu , Mera Gaon Mera Desh , Seeta Aur Geeta , Raja Jani , Jugnu , Yaadon Ki Baaraat , Dost , Sholay , Pratiggya , Charas , Dharam Veer , Chacha Bhatija , Ghulami , Hukumat , Aag Hi Aag , Elaan-E-Jung and Tahalka , as well as some of his acclaimed performances, include Anpadh , Bandini , Haqeeqat , Anupama , Mamta , Majhli Didi , Satyakam , Naya Zamana , Samadhi , Resham Ki Dori , Chupke Chupke , Dillagi , The Burning Train , Do Dishayen and Hathyar . Beginning in
3400-520: The most influential personalities in Indian cinema. He was considered one of the most handsome men in the world during his early career and is widely known as the "He-Man" of Bollywood. In 2022, he was placed in Outlook India ' s "75 Best Bollywood Actors" list. Rediff.com placed him 10th in its "Top 10 Bollywood Actors of All Time" list. His most notable acting performances include Satyakam with Hrishikesh Mukherjee , and Sholay , which
3468-475: The movie. His mannerisms and dialogues have become an integral part of the Bollywood lexicon and spawned numerous parodies and spoofs [Specially "Soja Nahi to Gabbar Aajayega"]. Sholay went on to become a blockbuster. Although it boasted an ensemble cast of superstars including Dharmendra , Amitabh Bachchan and Sanjeev Kumar , who was nominated that year for the Filmfare award for Best Actor category, Amjad stole
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#17328814735133536-439: The show with his unorthodox and eerie dialogue delivery. Even to this day people fondly remember his dialogues and mannerisms. He later appeared in advertisements as Gabbar Singh endorsing Britannia Glucose Biscuits (popularly known as Gabbar Ki Asli Pasand ), the first incidence of a villain being used to sell a popular product. After the success of Sholay , Khan continued to play negative roles in many subsequent Hindi films in
3604-404: The third week onward, viewership picked up owing to positive word of mouth . During the initial slow period, the director and writer considered re-shooting some scenes so that Amitabh Bachchan's character would not die. When business picked up, they abandoned this idea. After additionally releasing a soundtrack containing dialogue snippets, Sholay soon became an "overnight sensation". The film
3672-601: The village of Sahnewal and studied at Government Senior Secondary School at Lalton Kalan , Ludhiana , where his father was the village school headmaster. He did his matriculation in Phagwara in 1952. In those days, schools of Punjab came under Panjab University, Chandigarh . Dharmendra's first marriage was to Prakash Kaur at the age of 19 in 1954, before he had entered films. He had two sons from this marriage, Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol , both successful film actors; and two daughters, Vijeeta and Ajeeta. His nephew Abhay Deol
3740-591: The year, M. A. Thirumugam 's family drama film Maa was thrashed by critics, but still went on to become a success. The year 1977 proved to be a big one for Dharmendra with a mega blockbuster in Manmohan Desai 's action drama Dharam Veer , a superhit in another of Desai's masala film Chacha Bhatija , followed by two more successful films in Arjun Hingorani's mystery thriller Khel Khilari Ka and Pramod Chakravorty's action comedy Dream Girl . In
3808-458: The year. His first two releases were - Rajkumar Kohli's and Raj N. Sippy 's actioners Insaniyat Ke Dushman and Loha , respectively, both of which proved to be box office hits. He then appeared in Dadagiri , Hukumat and Aag Hi Aag . While Dadagiri was an average fare, the latter two went on to become superhits with Hukumat emerging as the highest-grossing film of the year . This
3876-461: Was Mukherjee's light-hearted comedy Chupke Chupke . It received positive response from critics and went on to become a hit at the box office. The second was Ramesh Sippy 's actioner Sholay . It released on 15 August 1975, Indian Independence Day , in Bombay. Due to lackluster reviews and a lack of effective visual marketing tools, it saw poor financial returns in its first two weeks. However, from
3944-486: Was a box office disaster . The next year, he had seven releases, out of which Baazi , Jagir and Jeene Nahi Doonga did reasonable business, but rest were critical and commercial failures. In 1985, Dharmendra starred in J.P. Dutta 's action drama film Ghulami which also had Mithun Chakraborty , Naseeruddin Shah , Reena Roy and Smita Patil in the lead. The film opened to positive reviews from critics and emerged
4012-491: Was also acclaimed for playing many unconventional roles. In the critically acclaimed film Shatranj Ke Khiladi (1977) (based on the novel of the same title), by Munshi Premchand and directed by Satyajit Ray , Khan played the helpless and deluded monarch Wajid Ali Shah , whose kingdom, Avadh , is being targeted by British colonialists from the British East India Company . It is the only movie in which he dubbed
4080-437: Was also widely criticised. In 2011, Dharmendra replaced Sajid Khan as the male judge of the third series of popular reality show India's Got Talent . On 29 July 2011, the show aired on Colors TV with Dharmendra as the new judge and surpassed the opening ratings of the previous two seasons. In 2023, he appeared in his first television acting role as Salim Chisti in the historical series Taj: Divided by Blood which
4148-777: Was followed by T. Rama Rao 's hit venture Watan Ke Rakhwale and two more successful films, Insaaf Kaun Karega with Rajinikanth and Insaf Ki Pukar , co-starring Jeetendra. His other hit ventures of the decade, include Khatron Ke Khiladi (1988) and Elaan-E-Jung (1989). With the advent of the 1990s, Dharmendra's star power began to wane. From 1990 to 1992, his successful films, included Naakabandi (1990), Humse Na Takrana (1990) and Kohraam (1991). The following year, he appeared in J. P. Dutta's ensemble action film Kshatriya co-starring Sunil Dutt , Vinod Khanna , Rakhee Gulzar , Sanjay Dutt , Sunny Deol , Meenakshi Seshadri , Raveena Tandon and Divya Bharti . Despite enormous expectations and presence of some of
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#17328814735134216-591: Was followed by mystery thriller Jheel Ke Us Paar and action drama Jugnu . While Jheel Ke Us Paar was a hit, the latter proved to be a blockbuster in India as well as Soviet Union , eventually taking 2nd spot at the box office in 1973. Owing to its huge success, Jugnu was also remade in Tamil and Telugu as Guru (1980). His next two releases were - Ravikant Nagaich 's spy thriller Keemat and Adurthi Subba Rao 's light-hearted drama film Jwaar Bhata . Both
4284-521: Was forced to drop out of Damini (1993) by Raj Kumar Santoshi because she rejected his proposal. Amjad Khan sorted out the matter and made Raj Santoshi take back his harsh decision. In 1972, he married Shaila Khan daughter of Akhtar ul Iman screenwriter and in the following year, she gave birth to their first child, Shadaab Khan . He also had a daughter, Ahlam Khan, and another son, Seemaab Khan. Ahlam married popular theatre actor Zafar Karachiwala in 2011. On 15 October 1976, Amjad Khan met with
4352-524: Was left incomplete after Asif's death in 1971, and it was finally released in 1986. In 1973, he appeared in Hindustan Ki Kasam in a small role. In 1975, he was offered the role of dacoit Gabbar Singh for the film Sholay by Salim Khan , who was one of its writers. In preparation for the role, Amjad read Abhishapth Chambal , a book on Chambal dacoits written by Taroon Kumar Bhaduri (actress Jaya Bhaduri 's father). Amjad shot to stardom with
4420-448: Was originally from Peshawar , North-West Frontier Province . His younger brother Imtiaz Khan was also an actor. Amjad Khan was educated at St. Andrew's High School in Bandra . He attended Rishi Dayaram and Seth Hassaram National College and Seth Wassiamull Assomull Science College where he held the position of general secretary. During his college and school days, he worked as
4488-557: Was the producer and the director, and Sultanat and Karishma Kudrat Kaa , produced by Arjun Hingorani . He worked with director Pramod Chakravorty in Naya Zamana , Jugnu , Dream Girl and Azaad . Anil Sharma worked with him in many films including Hukumat , Elaan-E-Jung , Farishtay , Tahalka and Apne . In the starting of his film career he worked in the Bengali film Paari directed by Jagannath Chatterjee. Released in 1966,
4556-823: Was the winner of Filmfare magazine's nationally organised new talent award and went to Mumbai from Punjab to work in the movie. However, it was never made. He later made his film debut in 1960 with Arjun Hingorani 's romantic drama Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere . The film largely went unnoticed and as a result, did not perform that well at the box office. He saw his first commercial success in 1961 with Ramesh Saigal 's Shola Aur Shabnam and followed it with hits, such as Mohan Kumar 's Anpadh (1962) and Bimal Roy 's Bandini (1963), which won National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi . His breakthrough came in 1964 when he co-starred alongside Rajendra Kumar and Saira Banu in another of Mohan Kumar's directional venture Ayee Milan Ki Bela . It went on to become
4624-469: Was then released in other distribution zones such as Delhi , Uttar Pradesh , Bengal , and Hyderabad on 11 October 1975. It became the highest-grossing Hindi language film of 1975, and film ranking website Box Office India has given the film a verdict of All Time Blockbuster . Sholay went on to earn a still-standing record of 60 golden jubilees across India, and was the first film in India to celebrate
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