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一 |     The Indian film fraternity is mourning the loss of Dharmendra, one of Hindi cinema’s most beloved and enduring icons, whose passing at the age of 89 has sparked an outpouring of emotion across industries and generations. Known for his irresistible screen presence, gentle humour and unmistakable warmth, Dharmendra was a star whose influence travelled far beyond the borders of Bollywood. His colleagues and admirers from Tamil and Malayalam cinema, including Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Mammootty and Mohanlal, joined the rest of the country in remembering a man whose artistry and humanity shaped Indian film culture for more than six decades.Kamal Haasan’s heartfelt farewell to a dear friendVeteran actor Kamal Haasan took to social media to remember his friend and colleague Dharmendra, who passed away in Mumbai at the age of 89, only weeks before his 90th birthday.Posting on his X handle, Kamal wrote, “Deeply saddened by the passing of my dear friend and legendary actor Dharmendra ji. Dharam ji’s charm, humility and strength of spirit were as real off screen as on it. Indian cinema has lost one of its kindest icons. My heartfelt condolences to his family and admirers.”          Deeply saddened by the passing of my dear friend and legendary actor Dharmendra ji. Dharam Ji’s charm, humility and strength of spirit were as real off-screen as on it. Indian cinema has lost one of its kindest icons. My heartfelt condolences to his family and admirers. pic.twitter.com/I9CgBmlCzl     — Kamal Haasan (@ikamalhaasan) November 24, 2025               Kamal and Dharmendra shared screen space in the 1984 Hindi film Raaj Tilak, directed by Rajkumar Kohli. The epic ensemble also featured Sunil Dutt and Hema Malini, and remains a reminder of a time when talents from different film industries came together for grand, larger than life entertainers. Their bond, however, extended far beyond a single film, built on mutual respect and affection.Rajinikanth, Mammootty and Mohanlal remember a gentle giantTributes also poured in from other South Indian icons whose paths crossed with the Hindi superstar over the decades.Superstar Rajinikanth, who acted with Dharmendra in films like Insaaf Kaun Kharega in 1984 and Farishtay in 1991, shared an emotional message on X. He wrote, “Farewell, my friend. I will always remember your golden heart and the moments we shared. Rest in peace, Dharam ji. My deepest condolences to his family.”Dharmendra had spoken with equal warmth about Rajinikanth. While promoting his film Yamla Pagla Deewana in Chennai, he recalled first meeting Rajinikanth and his wife Latha in Ooty. He described Rajinikanth as a younger brother and said that his love for the superstar and his family had only grown since that first meeting. In 2021, Dharmendra even shared a scene from Insaaf Kaun Kharega on X and captioned it, “Rajini a darling friend a great actor,” a line that now reads like a fond farewell in retrospect.          Farewell, my friend. I will always remember your golden heart and the moments we shared. Rest in peace, Dharam ji. My deepest condolences to his family.     — Rajinikanth (@rajinikanth) November 24, 2025               Malayalam megastar Mammootty also paid tribute to Dharmendra and underlined how deep the veteran’s impact ran across generations. His message read, “A true icon has left us. Dharam ji’s legacy will continue to inspire every generation. Heartfelt condolences and prayers.”Mohanlal, another towering figure in Malayalam cinema, called Dharmendra’s passing the end of a cinematic chapter. He wrote, “The passing of Dharmendra ji marks the end of a cinematic era. A legend whose warmth and artistry will live on forever. My deepest condolences to his family and loved ones. Om Shanti.”These messages from Tamil and Malayalam superstars speak to Dharmendra’s rare ability to transcend regional boundaries. For artists who primarily built their careers in South Indian languages to feel such a personal sense of loss for a Hindi cinema icon shows how genuinely he connected with his peers. He was a colleague, an elder and a friend who made everyone around him feel seen and valued.A family man and an enduring legacyDharmendra is survived by his first wife Prakash Kaur and his second wife, actor and politician Hema Malini. His sons Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol, daughters Esha and Ahaana Deol, along with Ajeita and Vijeita from his first marriage, carry forward both his personal and professional legacy.For audiences, he remains the original He Man of Hindi cinema, the romantic hero with soulful eyes and the action star with an easy grin. For his colleagues in Tamil and Malayalam cinema, he leaves behind memories of a kind, grounded man who treated superstars and newcomers alike with warmth and generosity.As Indian cinema collectively mourns his passing, the tributes from Kamal Haasan, Rajinikanth, Mammootty and Mohanlal remind us that true stardom is not confined to a single language or industry. It lives in the lives an artist touches, both on screen and off it.Also Read: Moushumi Chatterjee: Dharmendra had a childlike soul, his smile was divine - Exclusive。    RAVENA, N.Y. -- New York officials launched legal recreational marijuana sales by promising many of the first retail licenses to people with past drug convictions, hoping to give people harmed by the war on drugs a chance to succeed before competitors crowded in.But more than nine months after sales started, only about two dozen state-sanctioned dispensaries have opened their doors. Legal challenges over the state's permitting process have left more than 400 provisional licensees in limbo. Marijuana farmers are reeling because there are too few stores to sell their harvest.State regulators are now expanding the market amid those troubles. They recently opened up a 60-day general application window to grow, process, distribute or sell marijuana, expecting to issue more than 1,000 new licenses. New rules also will allow companies licensed to grow and sell medical marijuana in New York to get into the recreational market.The moves are expected to boost the number of legal dispensaries in a market now dominated by black-market sellers who simply opened retail stores without a license. But the prospect of competing with the medical providers worries some farmers and retailers who fear being squeezed by deeper-pocketed companies before they had a chance to establish themselves.“My concern is that they have all the money to bleed us out,” said Coss Marte, whose opening of CONBUD dispensary in Manhattan was pushed back by a lawsuit against state regulators. “They’re vertically integrated. So now what they could do is ... grow their own product at the cheapest price and basically outbid all the farmers, all our products and all our pricing.”Critics blame New York’s slow retail growth partly on bureaucratic issues, like delays in setting up a $200 million “social equity” fund to help applicants open shops. The rollout also was hobbled by lawsuits on behalf of people and businesses excluded from the first wave of retail licenses. Marte's shop was among those temporarily blocked by a judge from opening after a group sued on behalf of disabled veterans, saying they were wrongly excluded from applying for a license. Marte, who has a past drug arrest, was paying rent on a store he could not open.A judge recently ruled that Marte's store and several others could open. But the fate of many other provisional license holders, like Carson Grant of New York City, was unclear. After months of delays in opening his store in Queens, he was debating whether to reapply for a license again in this general round.“It's very difficult emotionally,” he said.Reginald Fluellen, senior consultant with the Cannabis Social Equity Coalition, blamed the state for a botched rollout.“They’ve failed miserably in providing the justice-involved individuals the kind of head start, the kind of foothold, in the market that they promised," Fluellen said.Under new regulations, medical marijuana providers could begin retail recreational sales at one of their existing dispensaries as early as Dec. 29. They could begin selling recreational pot at two more dispensaries six months after that. The entry price for those companies is steep: a $20 million licensing fee, with $5 million due upfront. But multiple companies are expected to jump in.“We expect New York to be the hub, or one of the hubs, for legal cannabis on the East Coast,” said Curaleaf CEO Matt Darin. “And so we’re very bullish and we’ve invested a lot of capital and time to be able to maximize the opportunity.”Curaleaf, which operates in multiple states, has already invested $50 million in New York, most of it on a recently expanded indoor growing facility south of Albany that now serves the medical market. Rows of plants there mature in intensely lit rooms where humidity, temperature and nutrition are tightly controlled — a scene in stark contrast to the fields and greenhouses that have defined New York’s adult-use market since growing started last year.Curaleaf will be able to double the size of the facility’s canopy to 64,000 square feet, or about 1.5 acres (0.61 hectares), if the market dictates, said Joe Holland, an executive vice president.To guard against retail monopolies, the medical providers will be limited to three retail outlets. And in a nod to farmers, their shops will initially have to devote half their shelf space to products grown and processed by independent businesses.Still, critics say the state should have allowed more time for economically and socially diverse entrepreneurs to succeed before letting in larger competitors.Joseph Calderone of Grateful Valley Farm, near the Pennsylvania border, compared it to little hardware stores competing against big box stores. Large indoor facilities, he said, can produce multiple crops a year. Meanwhile, farms having trouble selling their crops are “teetering on the edge of failure,” he said.“We were given a fair chance to grow. We were asked to do that," he said. "We kept our promise. The state did not keep their promise.” Office of Cannabis Management executive director Chris Alexander said the new regulations maintain New York’s commitment to social and economic equity, while keeping the market more competitive than in other states. That includes giving priority consideration for social and equity applicants in the current round.While acknowledging there was some “frustration” in getting retail stores open, Alexander said the state has shown a market supplied by small farmers can work. "We've got some of the top-performing dispensaries in the country right here in New York," Alexander saidAnd there’s still room to grow. Regulators have estimated New York will eventually require at least 2,000 dispensaries to meet demand. “I think there’s enough business to go around,” said Christian Chavez, CEO of Statis Cannabis Co. He said sales have been good since they opened their dispensary in the Bronx in July. “I think it’ll be quite some time until this market gets saturated in New York.”。

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