Veteran star Dharmendra gets first shot of Covid-19 vaccine

After Maharashtra registered a new high in Covid-19 cases on Thursday, veteran actor Dharmendra reminded people to wear masks and maintain social distancing, He took to Twitter to share a throwback black-and-white photograph, where he can be seen sitting with sliced watermelons and a knife. He urged all to take safety precautions and later shared a video of getting his first dose of Covid vaccine. The actor said that he got pumped up while tweeting and decided to get vaccinated.

Dharmendra tweeted,



"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."

He earlier tweeted, "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.