Actor Dharmendra is gearing up for the release of his subsequent film, Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani. In a new interview, Dharmendra’s son Bobby Deol recalled the time when Dharmendra told him that he idea that he’ll not get work after 70. But the veteran actor, who is now 86, is nevertheless working.
Dharmendra is filming Karan Johar-directed Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani, alongside Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Alia Bhatt and Ranveer Singh. It is set to release in February, 2023.
In an interview with Film Companion, Bobby Deol said, “The different day, he was telling me, ‘Beta, important sochta tha ki 70 ki age tak primary kaam karunga. Shayad uske baad kaam nahi mile, ya kaam nahi kar paunga. Aur aaj primary 86 ka ho gaya hoon aur phir bhi kaam kar raha hoon (I notion I’d work only till the age of 70, and that I wouldn’t be able to get any work after that. But I’m 86 now, and nevertheless working)’.”
Bobby continued, “It was the most extremely good feeling I bought when he stated that to me, and that’s exactly what inspires me. I want to work until the ultimate breath I take, because that’s what we are, we’re actors, we favor to maintain working. He was once there in my family, the largest inspiration, and I didn’t even see him when I had given up in life. Now I see all that round me, my brother, my dad, my cousins, my sisters are working.”
Bobby made his acting debut in 1995 with Barsaat. He later regarded in films like Gupt, Soldier, Badal, Bichhoo, Aur Pyaar Ho Gaya, Ajnabee, and Humraaz, among others.
