Dharmendra is one of the most popular and loved actors of his time. The actor has appeared in various big blockbusters. The Jodi of Amitabh and Dharmendra was quite popular. The veteran actor has responded to a fan who called Amitabh Bachchan the ‘weakest link’ of the 1975 film Chupke Chupke. The film had Dharmendra as a botanist and Amitabh as a literature professor who pretends to be the botanist. The two stars are known for working together in films like Chupke Chupke, Sholay, Ram Balram.
The fan actually criticized an article in which the author called Chupke Chupke his favourite Amitabh Bachchan movie, calling him a ‘riot’ and ‘natural and nuanced in the film. Commenting on it, the fan wrote on Twitter, “This fake adulation is laughable! #ChupkeChupke was a #Dharmendra film, he chewed it! #AmitabhBachchan was the weakest link of the film! And in #Sholay in no way Amitabh was better than Dharmendra, they were at best equal! Stop running down @aapkadharam for someone else's PR!” The veteran actor replied to his fan's tweet, “So Sweet. Love you Ajay.”
Dharmendra this reaction came after Javed Akhtar said, “Amitabh Bachchan was actually the last choice for Zanjeer. The script was written for Dharmendra ji, but for some reason, he refused to work on it. Prakash Mehra (the director of the film) had a script, but no leading man. He went from actor to actor to offer the role. Everybody refused to do the film.”
Veteran actor Dharmendra replied, “Javed, kaise ho……. dikhave ki iss duniya mein haqeeqaten dabi rah jaati hain. jeetey raho….. Dilon ko gudgudana khoob aata hai….. kaash sar chad ke bolne ka jaadu bhi sekh liya hota…...”
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