Bollywood’s veteran actors and shut friends Dharmendra and Mumtaz recently met up within the city. The photos of the visit, which also feature the veteran actor’s first wife Prakash Kaur, had gone viral. Dharmendra, who has been living in his farmhouse just outside Mumbai ever since the pandemic began, lamented how Covid-19 has distanced citizenry from each other .
“Social distancing has now become the traditional thing. Nobody meets anyone anymore. Sometimes it gets lonely. Given the present situation it had been very sweet of Mumtaz to drop by . We met after a few years ,” Dharmendra was quoted as saying. He went on to feature , “Humein aur milna chahiye (We should meet more).”
Mumtaz and Dharmendra have acted in multiple movies together within the past, including films like Loafer, Jheel Ke Uss Paar and Mere Humdam Mere Dost. Commenting on an equivalent , the superstar said, “We did successful film together within the 1960s Mere Humdam Mere Dost, where she was the second lead. Mehnat se woh top heroine bann gayi. within the 1970s, we did two excellent films together, Jheel Ke Uss Paar and Loafer. Loafer’s songs were big hits. ‘Aaj mausam bada beimaan hai’ is hummed to the present day.”
Mumtaz had visited Dharmendra and his first wife Prakash Kaur last week along side her sister. The photos from the visit had immediately surfaced on social media sites.
The two remembered their old friends and made a promise to see abreast of one another more often. “All her favourite co-stars Shammi Kapoor, Rajesh Khanna, Dev Anand are gone. It’s sad once you lose your friends. We must meet more often before it’s too late,” Dharmendra concluded.
