BOI Article on Dharmendra - Legendary Actor of Indian Cinema - Page 2

Originally posted by: WormikaGrubby

Rebel without a cause ? 😁. Nah I'm not her. Dexter vexter se kuch nahi hota mera, I'm more of a Hannibal lecter gal.

I have spoken to her during some season of Big Boss, probably the Shukla vs Rashmi one. I think I used to like her, theek se yaad nahi hai. She used to go by Chameli something or the other. Then when I came back after a long break with this ID. I said something about trans women that she didn't like ; ladne lagi woh but I ignored it. Haven't seen her since.

You guys should sign a petition for. the ban on her to be lifted so that she could come back and tell everyone I'm not her. . But even then there is no way for you to know, ek hi bandi do do ID saath saath chala sakti hai na ? Chalo at least all three of us like Dharam. 😆

Lol, I am missing her so much that I see her in other IDs So you are purane paapi of this forum, what was your other ID, were you active in this forum? other than BB forum.

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Dharmendra Box Office Record In 1973

Wednesday 26 November 2025 18.30 ISTBox Office India Network

Dharmendra in 1973 is arguable the greatest year that any actor has ever seen and the other years which are comparable to Dharmendra is Dharmendra himself in 1973 and Amitabh Bachchan in 1978 and 1981. Rajesh Khanna in 1970 and Jeetendra in 1980 deserve a mention but they are probably not at the level of the ones mentioned above

In 1973 Dharmendra had eight releases out of which only one film did not do well and that was Blackmail but even this film was coverage in the bigger circuits. Also what has to be noted is all the films were practically as SOLO hero with Yaadon Ki Baaraat having some newcomers for company.

There are seven HITS out of eight films and four of these films are a big HITS. Keemat is good example of many Dharmendra films which were aybe not quite upto the mark in terms of content. This film had a share of 58.40 lakhs in the first six months across India.

At that time it was called the billing so the all India billing was 58.40 lakhs in six months which very average.but by Jan 1979 this billing was 81 lakhs as the film kept on bringing healthy shares in West Bengal / Bihar / Assam / Odisha and CP Berar / CI and Rajasthan. The business of Keemat was less than Jheel Ke Us Paar and Jwar Bhata in the first six months of release but eventually finished above them.

A film which may not have been of great quality and was thumbed down by the trade eventually did HIT business and it was not only Keemat but many other films which did the same especially the ones released in the 1965-1975 period. We always talk about reach today as that would give you a bigger audience and the REACH of Dharmendra was insane which showed up in collections as films went into mofussil towns and it was not just action films but even likes of Mere Humdum Mere Dost, Izzat and Resham Ki Dori. 1973 for Dharmendra releases went as follows.

Jugnu - Blockbuster

Yaadon Ki Baraat - Blockbuster

Loafer - Super Hit

Kahani Kismat Ki - Super Hit

Keemat - Hit

Jheel Ke Us Paar - Hit

Jwar Bhata - Hit

Blackmail - Below Average

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Dharmendra Box Office Record In 1973

Wednesday 26 November 2025 18.30 ISTBox Office India Network

Dharmendra in 1973 is arguable the greatest year that any actor has ever seen and the other years which are comparable to Dharmendra is Dharmendra himself in 1973 and Amitabh Bachchan in 1978 and 1981. Rajesh Khanna in 1970 and Jeetendra in 1980 deserve a mention but they are probably not at the level of the ones mentioned above

In 1973 Dharmendra had eight releases out of which only one film did not do well and that was Blackmail but even this film was coverage in the bigger circuits. Also what has to be noted is all the films were practically as SOLO hero with Yaadon Ki Baaraat having some newcomers for company.

There are seven HITS out of eight films and four of these films are a big HITS. Keemat is good example of many Dharmendra films which were aybe not quite upto the mark in terms of content. This film had a share of 58.40 lakhs in the first six months across India.

At that time it was called the billing so the all India billing was 58.40 lakhs in six months which very average.but by Jan 1979 this billing was 81 lakhs as the film kept on bringing healthy shares in West Bengal / Bihar / Assam / Odisha and CP Berar / CI and Rajasthan. The business of Keemat was less than Jheel Ke Us Paar and Jwar Bhata in the first six months of release but eventually finished above them.

A film which may not have been of great quality and was thumbed down by the trade eventually did HIT business and it was not only Keemat but many other films which did the same especially the ones released in the 1965-1975 period. We always talk about reach today as that would give you a bigger audience and the REACH of Dharmendra was insane which showed up in collections as films went into mofussil towns and it was not just action films but even likes of Mere Humdum Mere Dost, Izzat and Resham Ki Dori. 1973 for Dharmendra releases went as follows.

Jugnu - Blockbuster

Yaadon Ki Baraat - Blockbuster

Loafer - Super Hit

Kahani Kismat Ki - Super Hit

Keemat - Hit

Jheel Ke Us Paar - Hit

Jwar Bhata - Hit

Blackmail - Below Average

Best part of this success is that Dharam ji was loved All over pan india market, not just north or any particular area. He was admired all over, even in South.