Actor Dharmendra, who turns 86 today, likes to spend his birthday with family. “I have just returned after finishing my shoot in Delhi. I don’t have any birthday plans as such, aur na hi kabhi birthday plan banaya hai maine. I stopped celebrating my birthday after my mother’s (Satwant Kaur) death,” he tells us.

Opening up about the plan this year, the veteran star shares, “Sometimes, people come to meet me. But I have stopped that also because of the Coronavirus pandemic. So, family ke saath hi rahunga, at my farm.”

Ever since he entered showbiz in 1960, the actor’s journey from Punjab to Mumbai has been an iconic one. Dharmendra has entertained audiences with films of all genres — from the intense Bandini (1963) to entertainers like Sholay (1975) and Chupke Chupke (1975). “I know I have turned 86, but I don’t think about my age. I just work with honesty, aur khush hota hoon jab log abhi bhi pyaar karte hain. For them, I am still the same Dharmendra. I feel I was born to love and get loved,” says the actor, who shot for Rocky Aur Rani Ki Prem Kahani in Delhi recently.

The veteran has been working continuously and he refuses to stop. He says, “I have no plans to retire. Aage bhagwan ki marzi, woh kab tak allow karte hain mujhe kaam karne ke liye.”