In a Lehren Retro interview, Dharmendra reminisces about Bobby Deol's "Barsaat" and Sunny Deol's fighter ability. He also touches on Bollywood's screenplay crisis, expressing concerns about declining script quality.
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00:00 (speaking in foreign language)
00:03 I think shyness is a (speaking in foreign language)
00:11 Sonny is a fighter.
00:13 Fighter means we will fight for to win.
00:18 (dramatic music)
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00:27 He will aim to be and like he had in show and the music
00:31 company, some he said that's a little bit fighter.
00:35 (speaking in foreign language)
00:39 How nice they are.
00:40 (speaking in foreign language)
00:45 And they were so nice.
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01:07 He is also, he is very good.
01:10 (speaking in foreign language)
01:15 They understand each other very well.
01:19 (speaking in foreign language)
01:36 Right, sit properly and meet my darling, darling Rocky
01:41 who is my grandson, Sonny's son.
01:47 How are you, say hello, say hello.
01:50 You don't feel shy, no say hello.
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02:08 To look shy and play shy is more easier.
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02:31 What are your teachings for your children generally?
02:55 What I teach them?
02:56 (speaking in foreign language)
03:01 Basic.
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03:08 You should live and you should act
03:28 and you should behave.
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03:37 I'm very proud that my mother has taught me all that
03:49 in my childhood.
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03:59 They should be nice and well behaved.
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04:08 They're not proud at all.
04:20 You see, (speaking in foreign language)
04:23 they feel sometimes a bit scared,
04:25 scared of talking and opening up.
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05:37 You don't find people reacting to any happiness
05:40 or some sadness.
05:42 They're just immune.
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06:41 I pray the almighty (speaking in foreign language)
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06:55 They're really even more than that in certain places.
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07:14 They're the--
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07:31 They all, they don't dance.
07:40 And he has done a good job.
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07:47 I still think (speaking in foreign language)
08:06 You feel we can go to any height.
08:10 But they have done really good.
08:13 I'm very happy about the whole, their performance,
08:17 the direction, the music, the photography,
08:21 our locales.
08:24 (speaking in foreign language)
08:28 So beautiful.
08:32 (speaking in foreign language)
08:36 It's something very nice.
08:38 (speaking in foreign language)
08:44 It's a big, big, big budget film.
08:48 So I have, we have never spent,
08:52 we never thought we'll have to--
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09:28 True to life.
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10:25 Let me be frank, we don't have good screenplay writers.
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11:35 It's very easy to be bigger than
11:39 Rock of Gibraltar and all that.
11:41 And I'm sure, well, I'm a fighter,
11:47 same way my son, Sonny, is a fighter.
11:51 Fighter means we will fight to win.
11:55 And win is a beautiful word.
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12:03 He will do the same thing.
12:07 I'm sure he'll do the same.
12:08 But you watch him now.
12:10 (speaking in foreign language)
12:16 Sonny has thrown it away,
12:26 got rid of by winning an award and all that.
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12:30 I'm proud that he has won the award,
12:33 National Award, (speaking in foreign language)
12:38 Okay, all the best.
12:49 And pray for my Barsad, for my Bobby,
12:54 for my Twinkle, for the whole unit.
12:59 If this film is a hit, it is not a success of me,
13:04 it's only a success of our industry.
13:07 And I really want that love.
13:10 They have, people have showered me and Sonny,
13:14 same way I want same love for Barsad.
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13:34 It's a good song.
13:45 Then, (speaking in foreign language)
13:59 (upbeat music)
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14:04 you