Veteran
actor
Dharmendra
says
fame
can
be
intoxicating
but
one
can
avoid
getting
trapped
by
staying
true
to
one's
roots.
Dubbed
as
an
actor
who
has
delivered
a
lot
of
hits
in
his
long
career,
Dharmendra
says
'money
and
fame'
were
never
a
criteria
for
him
or
his
children.
"We
don't
know
how
to
do
rat
race.
Fame
is
intoxicating.
It
goes
to
your
head
but
you
sober
down
too.
We
are
not
addicted
to
it," Dharmendra
told
PTI
in
an
interview.
"But
love
is
a
passion
which
makes
a
home
in
hearts.
That
is
what
happened
with
us.
People
can't
remove
the
home
we
have
built
in
their
hearts.
They
will
feel
for
us.
My
audience
is
my
family.
They
feel
a
lot
for
me," he
added.
The
82-year-old
actor
said
he
knew
only
one
way
to
be
honest
and
polite.
It
is
something
that
his
two
sons
-
Sunny
and
Bobby
-
have
also
inherited
from
him,
he
said.
"I
haven't
done
any
drama
in
my
life.
I've
been
honest
and
giving.
We
haven't
left
our
roots,
nor
we
ever
will.
My
parents
taught
me
this
and
I've
taught
my
children.
To
respect
everyone
and
be
polite.
We
are
blessed
to
be
like
this."
The
actor
said
another
reason
for
his
relevance
may
be
his
decision
to
avoid
camps.
"It's
a
cut
throat
competition...
there's
too
much
of
it.
We
weren't
part
of
any
groups,
we
associated
with
people
we
liked
and
distanced
from
the
ones
we
didn't.
We
have
hugged
people
who
were
deemed
weaker
because
we
loved
them."
"I
never
got
into
any
group
not
proclaimed
that
I'm
number
one.
Never.
Here
you
have
to
blow
your
own
trumpet
but
neither
we
did
that
nor
asked
someone
else
to
do
it
for
us."
Dharmendra,
who
returned
to
films
after
a
gap
of
three
years
with
Yamla
Pagla
Deewana:
Phir
Se,
recently
said
he
does
not
feel
a
biopic
should
be
made
on
him.
He
summed
up
as,
"My
story
will
be
remembered
anyway,
why
do
we
need
a
biopic?
Definitely,
there
is
a
story
full
of
various
elements
--
a
small
village
boy
comes
here
and
achieves
all
of
this
and
still
remains
the
same.
I
will
think
of
it."