The variety in Dharmendra’s oeuvre is mind-boggling. There was no role the man could not do. From a cop to a doctor to a smuggler to a villager to a ghost, Dharmendra essayed all with great panache ...

Amidst Bachchan and Kaka—and long before the Khans mastered tonal fluidity—Dharmendra had shown that a leading man could move from drama to comedy to romance without ever losing authenticity ...