Actor Dharmendra is celebrating his 86th birthday today. He says that he has just returned after finishing his shoot in Delhi and there are no plans to organise a party for his special day. “I don’t have any birthday plans as such, aur na hi kabhi birthday plan banaya hai meine. I stopped celebrating my birthday after my mother’s (Satwant Kaur) death,” said the senior actor. 

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“Because my mother was the only one who used to celebrate my birthday with so much love and compassion. Ab janam dene wali hi nahi toh kya janamdin,” he told Hindustan Times.

Opening up about the plan this year, the veteran star shares, “Sometimes, people come to meet me, and I do meet them. But I have stopped that also because of the pandemic. So, family ke saath ghar par hi hunga mein at my farm.”

He might not be big on celebrating his birthday, but he does get happy when he gets to know how his fans celebrated his birthday. “Andar se khushi hoti hai,” he expresses.

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The actor, who made his Bollywood debut with 1960 film ‘Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere’, went on exploring different genre of cinemas including comedy, drama, thriller and family entertainer. Some of his hit films include ‘Bandini’, ‘Sholay’, and ‘Chupke Chupke’.

He says that he don’t sit and think about his age.

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“I just work with honesty, aur khush hota hun jab log abhi bhi pyaar karte hain.. For them, I am still the same Dharmendra. I feel I was born to love and get loved. I get inner happiness when I witness all the love that I get even now,” says the actor, who shot for ‘Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani’ in Delhi recently.