Dharmendra Deol, who became one of India’s most prominent actors and a Bollywood action hero, has died aged 89.

Survived by two wives and six children, Dharmendra had been ill for the past month. He died at home in Mumbai, Indian media reported on Monday.

There was no official statement from the actor’s family, but several of his contemporaries, including actor Amitabh Bachchan, gathered at a crematorium in the Mumbai suburb of Juhu for his funeral.

“A massive mega star, the embodiment of a hero in mainstream cinema,” producer and director Karan Johar, who cast Dharmendra in his 2023 film, Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, (Rocky and Rani’s Love Story), wrote in an Instagram post.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi offered his condolences, saying the actor’s death marks the end of an era in I

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