Esha Deol celebrates Dharmendra’s posthumous Padma Vibhushan honor, urges fans to watch Sunny Deol starrer ‘Border 2’

The late actor Dharmendra, along with many other known personalities, was named as one of the latest honourees of one of India’s highest honors, the Padma Vibhushan Award. Soon after the news was shared online, daughter and actress Esha Deol took to her account to celebrate her father’s achievements.

Esha Deol celebrates Dharmendra’s Padma Vibhushan honor

Taking to her social media handle, the actress wrote, “Happy Republic Day ���� Really happy that our papa is being conferred with the prestigious Padma Vibhushan Award (praying hands emoji).” She accompanied the post along with photos of herself posing with brother Sunny Deol and sister Ahana Deol in front of ‘Border 2’ posters. She also added a separate photo of herself standing in front of another film poster of her stepbrother while smiling at the camera.

Esha Deol tells fans to go watch ‘Border 2’

In support of her brother and family, the ‘Dhoom’ actress also added in the caption that fans should watch ‘Border 2’ along with their friends and family members in theatres. She also expressed how proud she was of the team for giving such great performances. Her post further read, “We watched the film last night @iamsunnydeol you are the best (muscle hand emoji) Shout out to @ahan.shetty @varundvn @diljitdosanjh @nidhiduttaofficial fantastic. Salute.”

Esha Deol’s tribute to father Dharmendra

Soon after his passing, Deol took to her social media in order to share a heartfelt tribute to her father. She posted a photo of her and Dharmendra standing together and smiling at the camera. The caption read, “To my darling Papa (wings emoji) Our pact, the strongest bond . “ us “ through all our lifetimes, all the realms and beyond ….. We are always together papa . Be it heaven or earth . We are one .For now I have very tenderly, carefully & preciously tucked you in my heart … deep deep inside to carry on with me for the rest of this lifetime.”

Deol concluded the post by signing off with, “I love you papa, Your darling daughter, Your Esha, your Bittu.”

Dharmendra last appeared in 'Ikkis' along with Agastya Nanda, Simar Bhatia, Jaideep Ahlawat and Vivaan Shah. Meanwhile, Sunny Deol appeared in 'Border 2' which acts as a standalone spiritual sequel to the first film from 1997, 'Border.' The second film follows the stories of brave army, air force and navy soldiers as they defend the motherlandGet the latest entertainment updates from the Times of India, along with the latest Hindi movies, upcoming Hindi movies in 2026 , and Telugu movies.”