A charismatic macho man and the dream girl of a country -- the recipe for movie magic!

Dharmendra and Hema Malini's hugely successful pairing gave producers a string of hit films like Naya Zamana (1971), Raja Jani (1972), Seeta Aur Geeta (1972), Jugnu (1973) and Dost (1974). The icing on the cake was Sholay (1975).

Dharmendra's comic scenes with Hema -- feeling her up on the pretext of teaching her how to fire a gun or speaking to her as the 'voice of god' or, of course, his 'soo-cide' threat -- were among the many highlights of the Ramesh Sippy classic.