He has also starred in the Bollywood film Shalimar ( 1978 ) co-starring opposite Dharmendra.

Dharmendra also has the distinction of appearing in several films opposite actresses who have also starred opposite his son Sunny Deol.

Dharmendra has also been active in politics.

Dharmendra and Amitabh Bachchan also played cameos in the film.

Deol is the son of the acclaimed Bollywood actor Dharmendra and the brother of Sunny Deol, also a successful actor in the Mumbai based Indian film industry.

Inspired by her experience with Ray, she decided to join Film and Television Institute of India ( FTII ), Pune to learn acting, and passed out with the gold medal, and she was also picked out to play the eponymous role of Guddi in the 1971 Hrishikesh Mukherjee film, Guddi in which she played a schoolgirl obsessed with film star Dharmendra.

She also starred in other hit films such as Suhaag ( 1979 ), Kaala Patthar ( 1979 ), and Namak Halaal ( 1982 ) opposite Shashi Kapoor, Kaala Sona ( 1975 ) opposite Feroz Khan, and Jaani Dost ( 1983 ) opposite Dharmendra.

He was the first to introduce Dharmendra in comedy roles, through Chupke Chupke, and gave Amitabh Bachchan his big break with Anand in 1970, along with Rajesh Khanna, he also introduced Jaya Bhaduri to Hindi cinema in his film Guddi.

Dharmendra has experimented with film production ; he launched both of his sons in films: Sunny Deol in Betaab ( 1983 ) and Bobby Deol in Barsaat ( 1995 ) as well as his nephew Abhay Deol in Socha Na Tha ( 2005 ).

Sunny is eldest son of Dharmendra.

Bobby Deol was born into a Punjabi Sikh family and is the second son of Bollywood movie star Dharmendra and Prakash Kaur.

Barsaat ( English: Rain ) is a 1995 Hindi romantic film which was the debut of Bobby Deol ( son of veteran actor Dharmendra ) and Twinkle Khanna ( daughter of late actor Rajesh Khanna ).

which released on 11 April and was billed as Bollywood's most expensive film that time with an estimated budget of The film received mostly positive reviews from critics and became the third highest-grossing Bollywood film of that year Sunny made an appearance alongside Dharmendra and Bobby Deol in Apne ( 2007 ) and then yet again in Yamla Pagla Deewana

Also Yamala Pagla Deewana ( Dharmendra, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Kulraj Randhawa come here for shooting ) film's 50 minute shot done here at Bazar Chowk, Rajwada, Ahilyabai Chhatri, Ahilya Ghaat and many more location.

The film was a family affair, featuring Bobby Deol alongside his father Dharmendra, a disgraced retired boxer who trains Bobby and his brother ( Sunny Deol ) to become champion boxers but in doing so creates a rift within the family.

Budaun is politically much sensational, Whole city area comes under Budaun Constituency governed by Mr. Dharmendra Yadav, nephew of Mr. Mulayam Singh Yadav.

Dharam Singh Deol (,, born 8 December 1935 ), better known as Dharmendra, is an award-winning Hindi film actor who has appeared in more than 247 Hindi-language films as of 2011.

From his second marriage to Hema Malini, Dharmendra has two daughters Esha Deol, who is an actress, and Ahana Deol.

She has two daughters with Dharmendra, Esha Deol ( born 1981 ) and Ahana Deol ( born 1984 ).

In 2011, she directed her second feature film that featured her daughter Esha Deol in the lead role alongside her husband Dharmendra in Tell Me O Khuda which released on Diwali of 2011.

Deol was born to Bollywood actor Dharmendra.

Deol was born into a Punjabi Sikh family in Sahnewal village of Punjab, India to Bollywood actor Dharmendra and Prakash Kaur.

Esha was born in Mumbai, Maharashtra, and given the full name of Esha Dharmendra Deol.

Koi Mere Dil Se Poochhe is a Bollywood romance / thriller movie directed by Vinay Shukla released on January 11, 2002, starring Aftab Shivdasani and introducing Esha Deol, the daughter of famous actors Dharmendra and Hema Malini, in the lead roles.

Other Indian actors who are among the most popular movie stars in India and Southern Asia include Rajnikanth, Amitabh Bachchan, Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Akshay Kumar, Shahid Kapoor and Anil Kapoor in males and Kajol, Sridevi, Aishwarya Rai, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Preity Zinta and Rani Mukerji, Hema Malini, and Rekha in females.

She must make a choice between two very different men, Devendra ( Dharmendra ), the loving prison doctor, and Bikash ( Ashok Kumar ), a man from her past.

Nutan is strongly supported by Ashok Kumar and Dharmendra, just beginning to make an impact in the film industry and directed by award winning director Bimal Roy, who ventures into the life of a convict and reveals his / her humanity and the circumstances that often force an ordinary person to commit a crime.

Back from the flashback in the jail Deven ( Dharmendra ) the jail doctor falls in love with her.

The story follows her life in prison and how later she has to make a choice between her past love and a young prison doctor ( Dharmendra ) who fell in love with her.

While the bomber Raju died immediately, the back up team Subramanium Vigneswaram alias Kittu, and Sivasamy Dharmendra alias Raju, were apprehended by law enforcement with information provided by the public.

Hema Malini went on to marry her frequent co-star Dharmendra.

Dharmendra has thus established himself as one of the most prominent figures in the history of Hindi cinema.

Dharmendra won the Filmfare new talent award and came to Mumbai from Punjab looking for work.

Phool Aur Paththar became the highest grossing film of 1966 and Dharmendra received his first Filmfare nomination for Best Actor.

Dharmendra went on to star in numerous successful Bollywood films in the 1970s and ' 80s including Pratigya, Dharam Veer, Charas, Azaad, Katilon Ke Kaatil, Ghazab, Bhagawat, Dharam Aur Kanoon, Hukumat, Raaj Tilak, Watan Ke Rakhwale, Aag Hi Aag, Ghulami, Hathyar and Loha.

While accepting the award from Dilip Kumar and his wife Saira Banu, Dharmendra became emotional and remarked that he had never won any Filmfare award in the Best Actor category despite having worked in so many successful films and nearly a hundred popular movies.

Among the other fans he is the idol of lots of idols, In one of the interviews actress Preity Zinta has been quoted as saying that Dharmendra is her favourite actor.

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, India's Got Talent aired on Colors with Dharmendra as the new judge and surpassed the opening ratings of the previous two seasons.

Dharmendra rarely attended Parliament when the house was in session, preferring to spend the time shooting for movies or doing farm-work at his farm house.

Dharmendra maintained two relationships at the same time.

* In the mid-seventies, Dharmendra was voted one of the most handsome men in the world, a feat only repeated by Salman Khan ( from Bollywood ) in 2004.

Making her acting debut in Sapno Ka Saudagar ( 1968 ), she went on to appear in numerous Bollywood films, most notably those with actor and future-husband Dharmendra and with Rajesh Khanna.