New Delhi. Dharmendra has been one of the handsome stars of his time. Many actresses had a crush on him during that period. On the sets of the 1975 film Sholay, he was doing such a thing that Moushumi Chatterjee caught him red handed on the set. Know what is the whole story
You must have heard many stories related to the film ‘Sholay’ released in 1975. Today we are going to tell you an incident related to this film. Actually, his cameraman was Jim. Who used to bring beer bottles with him. Dharmendra often used to drink while sitting behind him with a bottle in his stock. Dharmendra is also given the status of the first Greek God and the first Macho Man of Bollywood. During that time, people used to become his admirers after seeing his acting. The new generation also likes him a lot today.
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Dharmendra was once tagged as a drunkard
Dharmendra has worked in many big films in his career. After a time, he became the first choice of the makers. He had a different status in the industry. There came a time in his career when he was called the biggest drunkard of Bollywood. Dharmendra himself had revealed this in one of his old interviews. Even on the sets of Sholay, his cameraman was Jim who used to bring beer bottles for him. Dharmendra used to drink beer while sitting on the set. One day a person from the production itself caught him red handed.
Moushumi Chatterjee took Dharmendra to task
Now people slowly started understanding about Dharmendra’s habit of pegging on the sets. This was the reason why once he was caught drinking beer on the set. Dharmendra told that Moushumi Chatterjee was working with him in a film. While he was drinking beer mixed with lassi on the set, the actress had reached there. He made so much foam that it looked like lassi. As soon as Moushumi Chatterjee came there he asked, what does he drink? He said lassi. Moushumi Chatterjee understood. He said if it is lassi then taste it a little, then what was it, after that both of them laughed. Dharmendra also admitted that he was drinking beer.
Let us tell you that Dharmendra and Asha Parekh had worked together in many films from the 1960s to the 1970s. These include hit films like Mera Gaon Mera Desh, Aaya Sawan Jhoom Ke, Shikar, Bantwara, Aaye Din Bahar Ke. But the pairing of the two in 1969’s Aaya Sawan Jhoom was much liked.
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FIRST PUBLISHED: September 28, 2024, 12:25 IST