Dharmendra Anil Kapoor: One month has passed since the demise of veteran Bollywood actor Dharmendra. At the age of 89, this veteran artist said goodbye to all of us. He died on 24 November. Dharmendra, who has given many excellent films in Bollywood and has been active in the industry for more than 6 decades, has defeated other actors with his films many times. 38 years ago, through one of his films, he had overtaken even a superstar like Anil Kapoor in a race.
This is about those days when Dharmendra It had been 27 years in the film industry, whereas Anil Kapoor had tasted big success in the industry for the first time. Here the discussion is about the films of both. In the year 1987, both Anil Kapoor and Dharmendra's films were included in the top-2 most profitable Bollywood films. But, the number 1 battle was finally won by Dharmendra and he shifted Anil Kapoor to number 2. Let us tell you about those two films.
Anil Kapoor After doing supporting roles in some films earlier in his career, he debuted as a lead actor in 'Woh Saat Din' in 1983. However, he first got big recognition from the film 'Mr. India'. This picture was released on 25 May 1987. In this he worked with his sister-in-law and Bollywood's first lady superstar Sridevi. Directed by Shekhar Kapur, the budget of the film was Rs 2.15 crore and it earned Rs 5.50 crore in India.
Many of Dharmendra's films were released in the year 1987 and one of them was a film which became the highest grossing Bollywood film of that year. The name of this film is 'Hukumat'. Hukumat hit the theaters on 27 March 1987. It was directed by Anil Sharma. It featured actors like Rati Agnihotri, Sadashiv Amrapurkar and Prem Chopra along with Dharmendra. Its collection in India was Rs 5.80 crore.