Dharmendra was going to shake the screen by becoming ‘James Bond’, due to this the film could not be released

There is no dearth of fans of veteran Hindi cinema actor Dharmendra. The actor has been active on screen from the 70s till today and has worked with many producers and directors. Now film director, producer and writer Anil Sharma has shared the story of Dharmendra’s old film ‘Sher’, which was never released.

Director and producer Anil Sharma, who directed films like ‘Gadar: Ek Prem Katha’, has refreshed old memories with a film of Dharmendra Deol. He has shared the poster of the actor’s 1986 film ‘Sher’, in which Dharmendra is seen shirtless, with a gun in his hand.

Dharmendra was going to become James Bond

He wrote in the caption- ‘The 1986 film ‘Sher’ was produced by an Indian and a foreign producer. It was a spy film and for Dharam ji, it was a James Bond like character. It was supposed to be shot abroad but we shot some action scenes and a song composed by LP on a set in Mumbai. I still remember how captivating Dharam ji’s style was in this film.

1986 #sher was produced by an indian na foreign producer .It was spy movie .. a James bond kind character for dharam ji
It was supposed to shot abroad .. we shot few action sc na song composed by LP On set .. in Mumbai .. I Still remember @aapkadharam did highly stylish… pic.twitter.com/ddtgzDIxMt

— Anil Sharma (@Anilsharma_dir) November 15, 2025

He further wrote – ‘This film of Dharmendra was of a different level for any Bollywood actor of that era.’

Let us tell you that the shooting of the film ‘Sher’ had started, but the film was never released. This film was also directed by Anil Sharma, but in the year 1987 he brought the film Hukumat with Dharmendra, which proved to be a hit on screen. Apart from Dharmendra, stars like Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Shammi Kapoor, Rati Agnihotri, Goga Kapoor, and Guddi Maruti were seen in the film.

Anil Sharma, a resident of Mathura, started his career as an assistant director. He worked as an assistant in the films ‘Pati Patni Aur Woh’, ‘The Burning Train’, and ‘Insaaf Ka Tarazu’ and then started his career as a director in the year 1981 with the film ‘Shraddhanjali’, after which he did films like ‘Bandhan Kachche Dhaagon Ka’, ‘Hukumat’, and ‘Tehelka’.

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