Dharmendra used to drink alcohol secretly on film sets:When Moushumi Chatterjee caught him red-handed, the actor said ‘I’m drinking lassi, not beer’ – CarbonMedia
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Dharmendra used to drink alcohol secretly on film sets:When Moushumi Chatterjee caught him red-handed, the actor said ‘I’m drinking lassi, not beer’

Bollywood actor Dharmendra had revealed that he used to drink alcohol secretly on the sets of Sholay. Once he had consumed 12 bottles of alcohol. Also, actress Moushumi Chatterjee once caught him drinking on a film set. Dharmendra had said "if love and alcohol didn't exist, would life be worth living." "Our cameraman Jim, who worked with us in the film Sholay, would always bring 5-6 bottles of alcohol to the set. I would secretly drink from his stock on set," Dharmendra shared anecdotes from film Sholay on TV show Aap Ki Adalat. One day Dharmendra drank 12 bottles of alcohol One day someone told Dharmendra that he had drunk 12 bottles of alcohol, to which he responded in surprise – "How did this happen? I don't know." Dharmendra had said "In between, I quit drinking for 6 months. I play badminton and sweat it out and then start again. I am a bit extreme." Moushumi Chatterjee caught Dharmendra drinking beer on set Dharmendra had also revealed that once Moushumi Chatterjee caught him drinking beer on set. He had said, "One afternoon I felt like drinking beer. I had asked the production team to make the beer foamy so that it would look like lassi." When I started drinking beer, Moushumi saw me and said – Dharmendra, what are you drinking? I lied that I'm drinking lassi. To this Moushumi said – Okay, give me some too. I laughed loudly and told her that I'm drinking beer. Nothing happens from drinking beer.Original Article by Dainik Bhaskar