Before he became Bollywood’s “He-Man", Dharmendra was just a star-struck young man with a dream — and one idol he couldn’t resist meeting. That idol was Dilip Kumar. In a story that sounds straight out of a film, Dharmendra once walked uninvited into Dilip Kumar’s home, not realising he was about to create a memory that would stay with him forever.

Long before superstardom and iconic hits like Sholay and Chupke Chupke, Dharmendra was a young newcomer from Punjab trying to find his footing in Bombay. In his own words, he was completely mesmerised by Dilip Kumar, whose performances had left an unshakable impression on him.

So one day, unable to contain his admiration, Dharmendra decided to visit the actor’s house — without an invitation.

In Dilip Kumar’s autobiography, The Substance and t

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