Even today, Kapil remains in the list of top-10 leading wicket-takers in the world and next only to Anil Kumble as far as Indian bowlers are concerned. In a 16-year-long career, Kapil scripted many a memorable record, the most prominent being his tally of 434 Test wickets, which stood tall for six years after since his retirement. A team which no one backed, Kapil led it from the front to defeat the mighty West Indies and trigger India’s love towards the sport, which today has transformed into a nation-wide passion. Arguably the greatest cricketer in the history of Indian cricket, Kapil became the country’s first World-Cup winning captain when he led India to a World Cup win in 1983. Despite it being an ensemble, which also included the likes of Irrfan and Kay Kay Menon, Dharmendra’s performance, was given a thumbs up by the critics, for playing a flawed but a very relatable character.The legendary Kapil Dev celebrates his 63rd birthday today, January 16. Playing the role of Amol, who returns to Mumbai after spending three decades in the US, as his dying wish is to spend his last days with the love of his life Shivani (Nafisa Ali) in India. His natural charm combined with acting chops transport you to a make-believe world, rooting for his character to woo away his love.įor the current generation, Dharmendra’s performance in the multistarrer drama, directed by Anurag Basu, which released in 2003. The classic case of the girl ending up falling in love with the guy she detested, Dharmendra got ample to play around with his character in the film.
The chemistry between the lead pair is too good to be true. The film was the last feature film directed by Bimal Roy- who is considered to be the master of realism in Indian cinema.Ī Basu Chatterjee rom-com, Dillagi featured the super hit pair of Dharmendra and Hema Malini.
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The movie revolves around Nutan, who plays Kalyani, a woman prisoner serving life imprisonment for murder, who must make a choice between two very different men, Devendra (Dharmendra), the loving prison doctor, and Bikash (Ashok Kumar), a man from her past. There are several films where he has been the second hero to other male actors, but he has also been part of several films with a woman protagonist, and one of his best performances was in the film ‘Bandini’ directed by Bimal Roy, which also starred Ashok Kumar and Nutan. Unlike several male co-stars of his generation, Dharmendra didn’t mind playing the second fiddle. The film dealt with several themes, and is considered one of the iconic war movies made in Indian cinema. In the 1964 film, based on the events of the 1962 Sino-Indian War, Dharmendra played the role of Captain Bahadur Singh, and was praised for humanising the role, with a never-ending desire to sacrifice his life, while fighting for his country.
Playing the role of a highly-principled man, Satyapriya Acharya, who marries a sexual assault victim, Ranjana (Sharmilla Tagore), only to realise following on his principles is difficult to follow though in real life, Dharmendra shined as the protagonist in the film which won the National Film Award later that year. They started working together in the 1962 film ‘Anupama’, and went on to work in ‘Chupke Chupke’- one of the biggest hits in Dharmendra’s career- their partnership in the 1966 film ‘Satyakam’ is easily one of Dharmendra’s best roles, if not the best. Dharmendra did some successful films with filmmaker Hrishikesh Mukherjee.