Birthday special Succesful On-screen pair Sharmila Tagore and Dharmendra Deol share their B'day on 8 Dec

Birthday special: Succesful On-screen pair Sharmila Tagore and Dharmendra Deol share their B'day on 8 Dec

Two of Hindi cinema’s stars of yesteryears Sharmila Tagore and Dharmendra celebrate their birthday on December 8th.

While Sharmila Tagore turned 72, her co-star Dharmendra turned 81. Dharmendra and Sharmila Tagore's pair has always created waves on the silver screen as a successful pair, especially in the films that they did together for Hrishikesh Mukherjee.

Sharmila Tagore began her career as an actress in Satyajit Ray's 1959 Bengali film Apur Sansar (The World of Apu), as the ill-fated bride of the title character. While Dharmendra made his debut with Arjun Hingorani's ‘Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere’ in 1960

The list includes all types of association of Dharmendra with Sharmila Tagore in movies. As on date, Dharmendra and Sharmila Tagore have worked jointly in 10 movies. Over the years, the most popular movies of Dharmendra and Sharmila Tagore have been Naseeb, Chupke Chupke, Satyakam, Yakeen, Mere Humdum Mere Dost and Anupama.

Here's a list of favourite films of this birthday special pairing: 

Birthday special: Succesful On-screen pair Sharmila Tagore and Dharmendra Deol share their B'day on 8 Dec

Devar, 1966

In the same year as Anupama came another powerful drama, this one directed by Mohan Segal. Like Anupama, Devar too was about repressed unspoken love. 

Birthday special: Succesful On-screen pair Sharmila Tagore and Dharmendra Deol share their B'day on 8 Dec

Mere Hamdam Mere Dost (1968)

Mere Hamdam Mere Dost was directed by Amar Kumar, Starring Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Rehman, Mumtaz. The highlight of the movie was the music – it has some superb songs, especially the qawwali Allah Yeh Ada.

Birthday special: Succesful On-screen pair Sharmila Tagore and Dharmendra Deol share their B'day on 8 Dec

Yakeen, 1969

This movie was a kind of thriller and had Dharmendra in a double role – one of a police officer and the second of his impersonator, who is a foreign crook. The Mohd Rafi number has the ‘real’ Dharmendra singing to his lady-love Sharmila.

Birthday special: Succesful On-screen pair Sharmila Tagore and Dharmendra Deol share their B'day on 8 Dec

Chupke Chupke, 1975

This 1975 movie is one of the funniest movies made in Hindi cinema. The film had the inimitable Om Prakash, Amitabh Bachchan and of course Dharmendra in unforgettable roles. Asrani, Jaya Bhaduri, Usha Kirron and Sharmila Tagore supported the cast impeccably.

Birthday special: Succesful On-screen pair Sharmila Tagore and Dharmendra Deol share their B'day on 8 Dec

Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka , 1975

Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka is a drama film directed by Devendra Goel. The film stars Ashok Kumar, Dharmendra, Sharmila Tagore, Leena Chandavarkar and Deven Verma .