A Hero adoration, fascination and love for whom never left my heart—frommy childhood days to the present day. Yes, the Hero for me! Embodiment of aperson I could trust and depend upon since my tenderest years! Let it be just ascreen person or an image only, he lived in my heart like the dearest member ofthe family! Yes, he's been family, also like a father figure, like my ownfather! A protector, the He-Man who destroys evil with his bare hands; an umbrella thatcovers the weak or the vulnerable at every dark corner; and the Hero whoconquers all obstacles and hurdles with smiling ease! Dharmendra! The nameitself is a legacy and the countless images that follow and immerse the legacyin colorful vastness! My heart housed in an ageing frame now is still immersed inthe legacy! What a hero Dharmendra (1935--2025) has been! Almost hero-worshipedhim @5 and still adoring him @65, and mourning his loss today with aninconsolable heart! Kudos for one of the greatest movie heroes of world cinemaof all times!

A few days back rumours about Dharmendra'sdemise flooded the social media and even some irresponsible mainstream media.So much so that Hema Malini had to post clarifications about his wellbeing andlater his successful homecoming. But alas! The Hero could hold that Destinyback only for a few days more, finally calling it a day at a Mumbai hospitaltoday. After nearly a 7-decade long career in Indian Cinema during which henever called it a day as long as screen performances were concerned. His threebrilliant actor sons, Sunny Deol, Abhay Deol and Bobby Deol adored and lovedhim as much, often bringing him in a movie project for the love of hisnever-fading screen presence. Not just his sons, but many other top actors alsobrought him in for the unique opportunity to perform with him. A Legend!

No! It's pointless to write about his career and work! It's availableeverywhere in huge and loving abundance. I'll only write about a simple feelingabout him in me when I was a primary school child. My father used to send us,with an escort, often to the movie houses for mostly action-adventure moviesinvolving King Kong, Dara Singh and, of course, Dharmendra. My younger brotherand I wept in the theatre when we watched Dharmendra getting stabbed and dying,writhing on the floor in pain, in that particular movie in the early sixties.But toward the end of the film we erupted in ecstasy when we saw him active andalive again. In that tender age we could hardly decode a flashback! Yes!Flashbacks can really help now and forever! We can fly far back to Phool Aur Patthar or Satyakam or Mera Gaon Mera Desh or Anupama ;move forward to Aankhen or Raja Jani or Pratiggya or Sholay or Hukumat ; and back and forth to numerousothers like on a time travel! Forever Dharmendra!
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