When we grew up, I remember watching lots and lots of Hindhi movies. I should say that, during the 80s and early 90s, movie renters made a fortune by renting movies. Specially Hindhi movies. I remember rushing to rentals chasing for cassettes of movies like Silsila, Sholay, Naseeb, Zamaanath, Shakti and so on.
Guys, remember Veeru of the movie Sholay? Yes im talking about the legendary Bollywood actor Dharmendra. Father of Sunny, Bobby and Esha Deol. Actor Dharmendra was given a special corner in our hearts. His acting in the movies like Sholay and Dream Girl brought him closer to us. Remember that famous dialogue of his? “Kutte, Kameene”… heheh.
I just wonder how many of us (Maldivians) address him as Dharmendra. I believe very few. He is known as “Dharey” in Maldives. We address him with a polite pet name. It is Dharey who squeezes the bars of the jail. It is Dharey who flew like the Superman. He became more than just an actor. We gave him the nice nick name as we do for our fellow friend who goes for coffee with us. Or as the next door neighbor who bakes the Kulhi Boakiba for us.
Mr. Dharmendra was not the only actor who became that close to us. Actors like Jeetendra and Shatrughan Sinha too. Actor Jeetendra is our buddy Jeethey. And actor Shatrughan Sinha became our cool dude Satharey. Actor Kader Khan is Kaadharey, the friend for ever.
Although these legendary actors never know about this, we Maldivian have welcomed them and have taken them as our very own people.
NOTE: When I first did my O/Ls, I got a “U” for my English. As a result in my O/L certificate the subject English was not even mentioned. I did a re-sitting later and managed to get a “C”. So, don’t bother pointing my spelling and grammar mistakes.
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