‘Dha am
ji
ka
haath
faavde
ki
ta ah
tha’:
Aami
Kha
ecalls
shaki g
ha ds
with
Dha me d a
fo
the
fi st
time
Aami
Kha
ece tly
evisited
a
memo able
fi st
e cou te
with
the
late
Bollywood
lege d
Dha me d a
du i g
his
appea a ce
o
‘Kau
Ba ega
C o epati’
Seaso
18.
While
p omoti g
‘Batwa a
1947’
alo gside
Su y
Deol
a d
P eity
Zi ta,
Aami
ecalled
meeti g
Dha me d a
whe
he
was
still
wo ki g
as
a
assista t
di ecto
at
Nasi
Hussai ’s
office.
Remembe i g
thei
fi st
ha dshake,
the
acto
joki gly
said
Dha me d a’s
ha d
was
“like
a
shovel”
a d
admitted
that
the
shee
size
a d
ough ess
of
the
vete a
sta ’s
ha d
mome ta ily
sca ed
him.
Aami
Kha
ecalls
meeti g
Dha me d a
as
a
Assista t
Di ecto
Aami
Kha
evealed
that
he
fi st
met
Dha me d a
yea s
ago
while
wo ki g
as
a
assista t
di ecto
at
filmmake
Nasi
Hussai ‘s
office
located
ight
ac oss
Mumbai’s
ico ic
Mehboob
Studio.
Na ati g
the
sto y,
he
said,
“Si ,
mai
ek
kissa
su au?
Mai
Dha am
ji
se
pehli
dafa
mila
tha,
mai
Nasi
sahab
ke
office
mei
baitha
tha,
Mehboob
Studio
ke
bilkul
saam e.
Dha am
ji
is
ve y
close
to
Nasi
sahab,
saath
mei
film
bhi
ki
thi
Yaado
Ki
Baa aat,
toh
aksa
acto s
u ko
mil e
aa
jaate
the
because
his
office
was
ight
opposite
to
Mehboob
(Si ,
may
I
sha e
a
a ecdote?
The
fi st
time
I
met
Dha am
ji,
I
was
sitti g
i
Nasee
Sahab’s
office,
ight
opposite
Mehboob
Studio.
Dha am
ji
was
ve y
close
to
Nasee
Sahab,
a d
they
had
also
wo ked
togethe
i
Yaado
Ki
Baa aat.
So,
acto s
would
ofte
come
to
meet
him
because
his
office
was
ight
opposite
Mehboob
Studio).”
Aami
Kha
talks
about
shaki g
ha ds
with
Dha me d a
Aami
Kha
we t
o
to
desc ibe
the
mome t
Dha me d a
walked
i to
the
office
a d
was
i t oduced
to
him.
He
said,
“Toh
ek
di
Dha am
ji
acha ak
se
aa
gaye.
Toh
mai
assista t
tha,
mai
khada
ho
gaya,
au
Chachajaa
e
taa eef
ka aya,
‘Dha am
ji,
yeh
me a
bhatija
hai,
Aami .’
Toh
mai e
Dha am
ji
se
haath
milaya.
Dha am
ji
ka
haath
faavde
ki
ta ah
tha
au
jab
mai e
haath
milaya
toh
actually
mai
da
gaya.
It a
bada
haath
kiska
hota
hai
bhai,
au
it a
ough,
au
maa
kasam
mujhe
fi st
thought
aaya,
Su y
au
Bobby
ka
(So,
o e
day,
Dha am
ji
sudde ly
walked
i .
I
was
a
assista t
at
the
time,
so
I
stood
up.
Chachajaa
i t oduced
me,
sayi g,
“Dha am
ji,
this
is
my
ephew,
Aami .”
I
shook
ha ds
with
Dha am
ji,
but
his
ha d
was
like
a
shovel!
A d
whe
I
shook
his
ha d,
I
actually
got
sca ed.
I
thought,
“How
ca
someo e
have
such
huge
ha ds,
yaa ?”
They
we e
so
big
a d
ough.
A d
I
swea ,
the
fi st
thought
that
came
to
my
mi d
was
Su y
a d
Bobby).”The
a ecdote
captu es
Dha me d a’s
la ge -tha -life
physical
p ese ce,
which,
alo g
with
his
good
looks,
ea ed
him
the
title
of
Bollywood’s
He-Ma .
Dha me d a’s
legacy
Dha me d a
passed
away
i
Mumbai
o
Novembe
24,
2025,
at
the
age
of
89,
leavi g
behi d
a
ca ee
spa i g
mo e
tha
six
decades.
He
appea ed
i
ove
300
films
afte
debuti g
i
1960
a d
we t
o
to
become
o e
of
Hi di
ci ema’s
most
celeb ated
sta s.
His
ico ic
films
i clude
‘Phool
Au
Pattha ‘,
‘Me a
Gao
Me a
Desh’,
‘Satyakam’,
‘Chupke
Chupke’,
‘Yaado
Ki
Baa aat’
a d
‘Sholay’,
all
of
which
emai
milesto es
i
Bollywood
histo y.
Eve
i
his
late
yea s,
Dha me d a
co ti ued
to
wi
audie ces
ove
with
films
like
‘Rocky
Au
Ra i
Kii
P em
Kahaa i’,
‘Te i
Baato
Mei
Aisa
Uljha
Jiya’
a d
‘Ikkis’,
p ovi g
his
e du i g
appeal
ac oss
ge e atio s.
