Veteran actor Dharmendra turned 80 today and his industry colleagues including "Sholay" co-star Amitabh Bachchan extended warm wishes on his birthday. His actor son Sunny Deol, who is coming up with the sequel of 1990 hit film "Ghayal", said his father is his "hero".

T 2083 - Happy birthday to Dharam ji .. pic.twitter.com/UTHTGKRgxS

— Amitabh Bachchan (@SrBachchan) December 7, 2015

"My hero... My superstar... Wishing you happy birthday," he tweeted along with a picture with his father and brother
Bobby. Bachchan, who recently recreated the scene from "Sholay" for a TV show, made a collage of their photographs.
"Happy birthday to Dharam ji..," Amitabh Bachchan tweeted.