Dharmendra Biography

Dharmendra

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Dharmendra

Dharmendra 2012.jpg

Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha for Bikaner

In office

2004–2009

Preceded by Rameshwar Lal Dudi

Succeeded by Arjun Ram Meghwal

Personal details

Born Dharam Singh Deol

8 December 1935 (age 83)

Nasrali, Punjab, British India

(present-day Punjab, India)

Citizenship Indian

Nationality Indian

Political party Lotus BJP Bharatiya Janata Party

Spouse(s)

Parkash Kaur (m. 1954)

Hema Malini[1] (m. 1980)

Children Sunny Deol

Bobby Deol

Vijeeta Deol

Ajeeta Deol

Esha Deol

Ahana Deol

Alma mater Ramgarhia College, Phagwara

Occupation Actor, producer, politician

Awards Padma Bhushan (2012)

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Dharam Singh Deol (born 8 December 1935) is an Indian film actor, producer, and politician. In 1997, he received the Filmfare Lifetime Achievement Award for his contribution to Hindi cinema.

One of his movies Sholay (1975).[2] is credited to be the most successful and popular movies to ever come out of Bollywood.

He was a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India, representing Bikaner constituency in Rajasthan from Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). In 2012, he was awarded India's third-highest civilian honour Padma Bhushan by the Government of India

Early life

Dharmendra was born Dharam Singh Deol [4] in Nasrali, a village in Ludhiana district, Punjab to Kewal Kishan Singh Deol and Satwant Kaur in a Jatt Sikh family.[4][5][6] His ancestral village is Dangon, near Pakhowal, Ludhiana.[7]

He spent his early life in the village of Sahnewal and studied at Government Senior Secondary School at Lalton Kalan, Ludhiana, where his father was the village school's headmaster.[8] He did his intermediate studies at Ramgarhia College, Phagwara in 1952.[9] When Dharmendra saw an advertisement for a movie in Filmfare by Bimal Roy and Guru Dutt, he went to Malerkotla to get his picture taken, by Jaan Mohammed (John & Sons). Ref. (Kapil Sharma show dated 27 July 2014).