New Delhi, Nov. 25 -- I first met Dharmendra in May 1992. I had just been posted to Bombay, and a friend-cum-batchmate, whose family was related to Dharmendra, took me one Sunday to his Juhu bungalow to introduce me. I was a huge fan and had lived on a diet of Dharmendra movies, having seen almost his entire repertoire - from his inaugural Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere (1960); through the 60s with Shola Aur Shabnam (1961), Bandini (1963), Haqeeqat (1964) (being a fauji child, the film had resonated with me deeply), Mamta and Anupama (both 1966), Satyakam (1969); the films of the 70s such as Naya Zamana (1971), Chupke Chupke (1974), Sholay (1975), Kinara (1977); and the 80s with Razia Sultan (1983) and Ghulami (1985). Throughout his career unt...