New Delhi, Nov. 11 -- Veteran actor Dharmendra, currently hospitalised in a critical condition, spent the early days of his Bollywood dream living in a garage and working overtime at a factory to make ends meet in the city of dreams.

During a televised appearance years ago, Bollywood's He-Man had reminisced over his struggling days in Bombay. He was attending a singing reality show as a guest when contestants performed the song Kal Ki Haseen Mulaqat Ke Liye from the actor's 1976 film, Charas.

"In my earlier days, I used to live in a garage because I didn't have a proper home in Mumbai," he said. He continued, "To survive in Mumbai, I worked in a drilling firm where I was paid Rs.200, and to earn some extra money I used to do overtime."...