Dharmendra's first filmmaker Arjun Hingorani passes away

Dharmendra and Arjun Hingorani

Veteran filmmaker Arjun Hingorani, who launched Dharmendra in Bollywood with the 1960 film, Dil Bhi Tera Hum Bhi Tere, died on Saturday. He was 92. The director-producer breathed his last at Vrindavan in Uttar Pradesh. "Arjun Hingorani peacefully left for the heavenly abode," Atul Mohan, vice president of the Chamber of Film Journalists said in a statement.

Dharmendra took to Twitter to express his grief over Hingorani's demise. Sharing this picture, he tweeted, "Arjun Hingorani, the man who put his hand around the shoulder of this loner in Mumbai, has left us forever... I am extremely sad! May his soul rest in peace! (sic)."

Hingorani, whose career spanned three decades, is mostly remembered for frequently collaborating with Dharmendra.

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