But there was a “kahaani mein twist”. The family announced that Dharamji was alive. “The media has killed our ‘Garam Dharam’ prematurely,” they complained

Illustration/Uday Mohite

What a tumultuous week has gone by, a devastating bomb went off at the Red Fort in Delhi, bringing back horrific memories of 1993, when we in Mumbai, were hit by 12 explosions, beginning at the Share Bazaar and ending at Sea Rock Hotel. But this week in South Mumbai, we had a far more “serious” issue. It was announced that the great Dharmendra had been admitted to a hospital. 

The hospital went berserk, cameras seemed to be placed everywhere, the spy cams were inserted in glucose drips, in bed pans, they were inserted in BP machines, in stethoscopes, in ECG machines, 2D echoes, in ventilators. Ward boys were shooting the matinee idol for a fee, there were more cameras trained on Dharmendra, than in his entire career, in over 300 film shoots.

The “social media experts” came out in full force, the news brigade had a handle on the He-Man’s health. “He is........

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