‘I labored with Sriram Raghavan in Johnny Gaddar and now Ikkis. He’s a really gifted director. He is aware of what he’s doing.’

IMAGE: Dharmendra on the Ikkis poster. {Photograph}: Variety courtesy Maddock Movies/Instagram

Months earlier than his unhappy demise, Dharmendra spoke to Subhash Okay Jha about his farewell efficiency in Ikkis.

“It’s a very emotional expertise for me,” Dharamji stated. “To do Ikkis is my manner of paying a tribute to India’s armed forces. I had performed a soldier in Ramanand Sagar’s Lalkar a few years in the past. I felt so proud to be in uniform.”

Dharamji singled out younger Agastya Nanda for reward.

“He’s a beautiful little one. And so gifted. Fairly a chip off the previous block. I felt he was my very own grandson. My relations with the Bachchans return a good distance. I’ve labored with each of Agastya’s grandparents Amitabh and Jaya. They each love me.”

“Jaya says she is a fan of mine. Jaya may be very keen on (Dharamji’s daughter) Esha (Deol). I by no means received an opportunity to work with Abhishek (Bachchan). However he’s a really nicely introduced up boy. Now I’m working with Agastya in his first movie.”

Subhash gently identified that Agastya had accomplished a movie earlier.

Dharamji was stunned. “Has he?! I did not know.”

Dharamji additionally singled out Director Sriram Raghavan for reward. “I labored with Sriram in Johnny Gaddar and now Ikkis. He’s a really gifted director. He is aware of what he’s doing.”

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