Dharmendra Death: Veteran Actress Farida Jalal Remembers Baharon Ki Manzil Co-Star, Calls Him 'Darling Man' | Exclusive

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actor Dharmendra's sudden on November 24 has left the entire nation mourning a great loss. With Bollywood celebrities and prominent personalities visiting the family to pay last respects, fellow actress Farida Jalal walked down the memory lane and expressed her memories while recalling films they did together over the years.

Farida Jalal remembers Dharmendra

While talking to us exclusively on Zoom, Farida Jalal expressed, "Last few years I hardly met him but I regret that very much. There was a film called Baharon Ki Manzil and I played Neena Kumari's daughter in that and Rahman was playing my father. The film didn't do very well together but that's when I first met Dharam ji and he was always a father figure, always, and then I did Loafer in which I played his sister. He made that track, very famous song Koi Shehri Babu and Mumtaaz was in that film. And he was a darling, darling man, of course, don't we know, I mean, you see. He was the best. God bless him with a better place, that's the only consolation."ALSO READ: Saira Banu Recalls Dharmendra's Special Bond With Dilip Kumar, Calls Him 'Yousuf Saab's Dharam' "If you look at his career, he's done each and every kind of a role. The Deols let me tell you one thing, I've worked in this industry for over nearly 70 years now. I started in 1968, my first film was Taqdeer in 1968. You can count the years with that. But you know, I will always say the Deols belong to another planet altogether. Whatever, whatever. With a lot of respect and respectability, they didn't do anything vulgar, out of place. They were never there. I love working with all of them. I've done films with Bobby and with Sonny, of course. And I started my career when Dharmendra ji was in the film with Meenaji. Some lovely songs, all the spiritual hair and on my head. He always gets me. Whenever I met him anywhere, at a party or a gathering or anywhere. I'm so proud for him, I love him," the actress added emotionally.

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For the unversed, Dharmendra took his last breath yesterday, November 24, in Mumbai, at the age of 89.