Dharmendra shares rare pic with 'Mera Naam Joker' co-star Raj Kapoor

Actor Dharmendra is an active social media user. He is often seen posting videos and photos of his activities on his social media handles. Recently, Sholay star posted a photo with Raj Kapoor. Read on to kw more details about story:

Dharmendra shares pic with Raj Kapoor

Taking to his official Twitter handle on June 25, 2020, Dharmendra posted a photo that featured his Mera Naam Joker co-star Raj Kapoor. In black and white photo, both actors have a bright smile on ir faces. Dharmendra, who is 84 years old, captioned photo saying that he always wished to be liked by Shree 420 actor. photo went on to garner 7.8 thousand likes and over 400 retweets within a day. 

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In caption, he wrote, "Meri hasrat.....Raj sahab ki chahat thi...Mera naam joker mein...Mera , pyaara sa role . meri khushi par...... kitne khush hai Hasrat jaipuri........ Dosto, ab to qreeb qreeb aap ko naam se jan ne laga hoon ...jwaab nehin de paata ...I am sure you don’t mind it love you all." Here is Twitter post by Dharmendra: 

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Mera Naam Joker is a 1970 drama film that features Raj Kapoor in lead role of Raju or Joker. In film, Rishi Kapoor made his debut by playing role of a young Raju. It also features Simi Garewal, Russian actor Kseniya Ryabinkina, Maj Kumar, Om Prakash, and Dara Singh. film went on to be a critical success and garnered a huge fan following. Raj Kapoor is widely kwn for his role as Raju. 

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film revolves around character of Raju, who becomes a clown and makes audience laugh at cost of his own sorrows. songs from Mera Naam Joker went on to become quite popular among audience. Jeena Yahan Marna Yahan is considered an evergreen song by Raj Kapoor fans. Ae Bhai Zara Dekh Ke Chalo is also considered one of top songs from film. movie was released back in 1970, after six years of production and was one of most anticipated films in India at time.

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