{"id":313007,"date":"2025-11-27T21:56:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T21:56:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/313007\/"},"modified":"2025-11-27T21:56:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T21:56:10","slug":"aamir-khan-recalls-son-azad-rao-khans-first-meeting-with-dharmendra-explains-why-he-skipped-the-veteran-actors-prayer-meet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/313007\/","title":{"rendered":"Aamir Khan recalls son Azad Rao Khan\u2019s first meeting with Dharmendra, explains why he skipped the veteran actor\u2019s prayer meet |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"AamirAamir Khan shares touching Azad-Dharmendra meet at IFFI, calls him underrated He-Man genius in romance, comedy, drama. Missed prayer meet as out of Bombay; praises his warmth. Dharmendra died Nov 24, 2025, aged 89. Aamir Khan<\/a> revealed a touching story about taking his son Azad to visit veteran actor Dharmendra<\/a>. Speaking at the 56th International Film Festival of India, Aamir shared that he had developed a close bond with Dharmendra, especially over the past year. He mentioned that he had met the legendary actor approximately seven to eight times recently.A special visit with his sonHe brought his son Azad Rao Khan along on one of the visits, feeling it was important for him to meet the iconic star whose films he had not yet truly discovered. Reflecting on Dharmendra\u2019s legacy, Aamir remarked, \u201cWell, I\u2019ve grown up watching him, and I mean he was known as the action hero and the he-man. And of course, he was extremely good, you know, portraying these strong characters in action films. He was very good at that. But I think people have, I don\u2019t know whether people have really noticed, I think he is underrated. His performances in romance or different genres, he\u2019s done so well.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Praising Dharmendra\u2019s versatility\u201cHe does amazing comedy, he does amazing romance, you know, dramas. So, according to me, Dharamji was right up there as one of the finest actors that we have. So, I\u2019ve really looked up to him always. And I mean what a handsome person. Today, in fact, I\u2019m not there in Bombay, but today is his prayer meeting, unfortunately. I\u2019m missing it. And I was very close to him because in the last, I would say last one year, I must have met him about 7\u20138 times. Because I used to really enjoy his company so I used to go and sit with him,\u201d the actor said.Khan also recalled, \u201cOne day I took Azad with me, you know, my son. I said I want you to meet someone because Azad has not seen his work, really. But Azad came with me, and we spent a couple of hours with him, and it was really wonderful. You know, Dharamji was not only such a fine actor, but he was a great human being. He was so gentle. No matter who he would meet, whether it\u2019s a colleague, whether it\u2019s someone not from the industry, he would always be very warm and soft in meeting people. Always. So, he was a wonderful person, he was a great actor, and it\u2019s a great loss for all of us.\u201dDharmendra passed away on November 24, 2025, at the age of 89. The veteran actor died at his residence in Mumbai following age-related illness, just days before his 90th birthday on December 8. His last rites were performed at the Pawan Hans crematorium in Vile Parle, Mumbai, and were attended by family members and colleagues from the film industry.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Aamir Khan shares touching Azad-Dharmendra meet at IFFI, calls him underrated He-Man genius in romance, comedy, drama. Missed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313008,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[21239,64,63,177249,4057,447,17623,134],"class_list":{"0":"post-313007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-aamir-khan","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-azad-rao-khan","12":"tag-bollywood","13":"tag-celebrities","14":"tag-dharmendra","15":"tag-entertainment"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313007","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313007"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313007\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313007"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313007"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313007"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}