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Dharmendra

1935 - Today

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Dharmendra Kewal Krishan Deol (born 8 December 1935) is an Indian actor, producer, and politician who is primarily known for his work in Hindi films. Nicknamed the "He-Man" of Bollywood, Dharmendra is widely regarded to be amongst the most handsome Indian actors of his time. In 2012, he received the Padma Bhushan, India's third highest civilian honour, from the Government of India. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dharmendra has received more than 15,668,932 page views. His biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 44 in 2019). Dharmendra is the 967th most popular actor (up from 1,213th in 2019), the 181st most popular biography from India (up from 195th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 16M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 59.12

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 48

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.09

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Dharmendras by language

Over the past year Dharmendra has had the most page views in the with 3,218,698 views, followed by Hindi (167,280), and Russian (111,473). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Ukrainian (3,013.64%), Simple English (1,099.33%), and Uzbek (222.50%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dharmendra ranks 967 out of 13,578. Before him are Tanya Roberts, Christine Baranski, Elisabeth Shue, Miou-Miou, Jason Priestley, and Cardi B. After him are Marisa Berenson, Michael Biehn, Giancarlo Esposito, Patricia Neal, Stephen Boyd, and Fran Drescher.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1935, Dharmendra ranks 73. Before him are Brian Clough, Ken Kesey, Roger B. Chaffee, António Ramalho Eanes, Abdou Diouf, and Sonny Bono. After him are Maj Sjöwall, Marina Doria, Khalil al-Wazir, Lajos Tichy, Toni Sailer, and Armen Dzhigarkhanyan.

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In India

Among people born in India, Dharmendra ranks 181 out of 1,861. Before him are James Brooke (1803), Kailash Satyarthi (1954), Khaleda Zia (1945), Mahadevi Varma (1907), Dnyaneshwar (1275), and S. R. Ranganathan (1892). After him are Guru Arjan (1563), Jayadeva (1170), Ahilyabai Holkar (1725), Kamala Sohonie (1912), Anthony de Mello (1931), and Narayana Guru (1855).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Dharmendra ranks 10. Before him are Aishwarya Rai (1973), Salman Khan (1965), Julie Christie (1940), Mithun Chakraborty (1950), Akshay Kumar (1967), and Ajay Devgn (1969). After him are Shilpa Shetty (1975), Amrish Puri (1932), Hema Malini (1948), Rajesh Khanna (1942), Aamir Khan (1965), and Sridevi (1963).

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Television and Movie Roles

Sholay
Veeru
After his family is murdered by a notorious and ruthless bandit, a former police officer enlists the services of two outlaws to capture the bandit.
Aug 15o 19757 / 10
Chupke Chupke
Dr. Parimal Tripathi / Pyaremohan Illahabadi
Mischievous botany professor Parimal Tripathi plays a little trick on his brother-in-law Raghav. Jealous of the high esteem in which his own wife, Sulekha, holds the other man, Parimal decides to impersonate Raghav's new driver. Laying the groundwork for a series of hilarious misunderstandings, the disguised professor throws doubt on his wife's fidelity and gets his best buddy, Sukumar, to help out by impersonating Parimal.
Apr 11o 19757.1 / 10
Pyaar Kiya To Darna Kya
Thakur Ajay Singh (Chacha)
A wealthy collegian falls in love with an heir apparent, but her domineering cousin orders her to end the affair.
Mar 27o 19986.2 / 10