To have known him is to have experienced a rare and steady light: Sharmila Tagore on 'birthday twin' Dharmendra

To have known him is to have experienced a rare and steady light: Sharmila Tagore on 'birthday twin' Dharmendra

New Delhi, Veteran star Sharmila Tagore says whenever she thinks about Dharmendra, her "birthday twin" and co-star in Hindi cinema classics such as "Satyakam", "Anupama" and "Chupke Chupke", what comes her mind is "an unaltered, steady radiance" of someone who carried his fame lightly.

Dharmendra, who passed away on November 24, would have turned 90 on Monday, while Tagore turned 81 today.

She remembered her friend and co-star of many movies in an affectionately drawn portrait.

"Looking back across the decades, the light that falls on Dharmendra remains unchanged. It is a curious thing to say about someone whose career has spanned such a vast and changing landscape of Hindi c