Veteran actor Dharmendra died today at the age of 89 at his Mumbai home.
The actor died 12 days after he was discharged from Mumbai’s Breach Candy Hospital where he was admitted late October after he complained of breathlessness. He would have turned 90 on December 8.
Dharmendra, who made his debut in 1960 with Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere, started out his career playing common man roles in the 1960s in films such as Anpadh, Bandini, Anupama and Aaya Sawan Jhoom Ke.
He later graduated to playing lead roles in Sholay, Dharam Veer, Chupke Chupke, Mera Gaon Mera Desh, and Dream Girl.
A bevy of Bollywood stars, including Amitabh Bachchan, Salman Khan, and Sanjay Dutt, attended the last rites of Dharmendra on Monday afternoon at the Pawan Hans crematorium where the late actor was cremated amid hea
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