Dharmendra and the Rain-Soaked Night: A Story Never Seen on Screen
The year was 1971. Dharmendra was making a special appearance in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s film “Guddi”, where he played himself. The shooting was scheduled for a night scene on the outskirts of Mumbai. Around 2 AM, the skies suddenly opened up with heavy rain, causing panic on set as crew members scrambled to protect the equipment.
Among them was a young light boy, likely a newcomer, who while hauling equipment through the downpour, slipped and fell. Everyone else was too occupied to notice. Everyone except Dharmendra.
Standing nearby, he immediately rushed to help. He held his umbrella over the young man, shielding him from the rain, and asked gently, getting drenched himself:
"Samaan baad mein uth jayega, pehle tu theek hai na?"
The boy’s eyes welled with tears. Dharmendra didn’t stop there. He took the boy to his vanity van, helped him change into dry clothes, ordered hot tea, and insisted that the shoot would not resume until the young man felt better.
Years later, that same boy, now grown and working in the industry, shared the incident in an interview:
"That night I didn’t just meet a superstar. I met a human being with the biggest heart."
Even today, when veterans in the film industry speak of Dharmendra, they often say:
"Before being an actor, he’s a human being."
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