{"id":313133,"date":"2025-11-25T17:12:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:12:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/313133\/"},"modified":"2025-11-25T17:12:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-25T17:12:08","slug":"ameesha-patel-says-dharmendras-family-needs-time-to-grieve-and-we-need-to-give-them-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/313133\/","title":{"rendered":"Ameesha Patel says Dharmendra\u2019s family needs \u2018time to grieve and we need to give them that\u2019 |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Ameesha Bollywood\u2019s legend, the iconic star, Dharmendra<\/a>, breathed his last on November 24, at the age of 89. Along with the family, several Bollywood stars attended the last rites of the beloved actor. However, Aneesha Patel, who shares a deep bond with the Deols, couldn’t attend the funeral, as she is not in the country. In a recent media interaction, the actress said that the Deol family is currently in a very sensitive situation and requires privacy; thus, she is yet to reach out to them. She also recalled visiting Dharmendra earlier this month at the hospital, and said he was in a very critical condition.<\/p>\n

Ameesha Patel says the Deol family need time to grieve<\/p>\n

The \u2018Gadar\u2019 actress mentioned that during these difficult times, the family needs privacy to process their loss. \u201cI haven\u2019t reached out to the family yet. They\u2019re under immense emotional pressure. I don\u2019t want to trouble them because they\u2019ve enough visitors and callers, and it wouldn\u2019t be fair. \u2026They need their privacy to be able to grapple with the situation,” Ameesha told News18.<\/p>\n

Dharmendra Dies At 89; Bachchans, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan Pay Final Respects<\/p>\n

She highlights that it\u2019s not an easy situation for Dharmendra\u2019s family members. The actress said, \u201cThey need the time to grieve, and we need to give them that. But once I reach Mumbai, the first thing I\u2019m going to do is go and see them.” <\/p>\n

Ameesha Patel recalls visiting Dharmendra at the hospital<\/p>\n

Earlier this month, Dharmendra was admitted to Breach Candy Hospital, as he complained about breathlessness. Several stars visited the actor and stood by the family. Ameesha Patel also paid a visit to the actor, and recalling the same, she shared, \u201cIt was a very tense situation, and they needed to be left alone even at that time. He was in a very critical situation.\u201d She added, \u201cWhether it was Shah Rukh, Salman or me, we were there briefly for ten minutes just to hug Sunny. It was a moment he couldn\u2019t wrap his head around since it was about a person he loves the most.”See More:Dharmendra passes away: Ameesha Patel recalls visiting Dharmendra at the hospital: ‘He was in a very critical situation’<\/a><\/p>\n

Dharmendra\u2019s funeral<\/p>\n

On November 24, 2025, an ambulance was seen at Dharmendra’s house, which took his mortal remains to the Pawan Hans cremation ground for last rites. As he was being cremated, his family was visibly emotional. Bollywood actors like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Sanjay Dutt and others paid their tributes during the last rites. Several others visited Dharmendra\u2019s Juhu house after the funeral to offer condolences.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bollywood\u2019s legend, the iconic star, Dharmendra, breathed his last on November 24, at the age of 89. Along…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313134,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[33922,13360,236,161364,151942,59825,88],"class_list":["post-313133","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-ameesha-patel","tag-bollywood-news","tag-celebrities","tag-celebrity-condolences","tag-deol-family","tag-dharmendra","tag-entertainment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313133","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313133"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313133\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313133"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313133"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313133"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}