At 85, Dharmendra gets first dose of COVID-19 vaccine, urges everyone to stay safe

Veteran star Dharmendra also got himself vaccinated. The 85-year-old actor tweeted a video where he can be seen getting a shot of the vaccine on his left arm. Along with the video he wrote, 'Tweet karte karte... josh aa gaya... aur main nikal gaya... vaccination lene... it's definitely not a show-off... but to inspire you all... Friends, please take care'. Earlier, also the 'Apne' actor posted a monochrome picture of himself from his younger days and reminded everyone to wear masks and maintain social distancing, after the sudden surge of cases in Maharashtra.

Tweet karte karte.... josh aa gaya ...aur main nikal gaya....vaccination lene .... it’s definitely not a show off...but to inspire you all..... Friends, please take care 👋 pic.twitter.com/gp4lQAZr1l

— Dharmendra Deol (@aapkadharam) March 19, 2021

"Mask laga kar baith..... tere tarboz koi nahin kharede ga.......lock down ko lock karna hai ..... to do gaz ki doori aur mask zarori, (wear a mask and sit, nobody is going to buy your watermelons, we have to lock the lockdown, maintain social distance and wear a mask)," Dharmendra captioned his photo. Maharashtra registered 25,833 new Covid cases on Thursday, a new high in the state surpassing the previous single-day peak of 24,886 cases registered on September 11 last year. Dharmendra joins a list of Indian celebrities who have received the COVID-19 vaccine before, including veterans like Kamal Haasan, Hema Malini, Mohanlal, Paresh Rawal, Satish Shah, Jeetendra, Kamal Haasan, Anupam Kher, Neena Gupta, filmmaker Rakesh Roshan, and comedian Johnny Lever and south star Nagarjuna. On the work front, he will be next seen in 'Apne 2', which also stars Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol and Karan Deol.