1968, Hindi, directed by Jyoti Swaroop

Hindi films never played in Chennai for many years because of the agitation against forcefeeding the language to Tamilians. When I went to see Padosan, I went to protest against it – we had been told it was a film where South Indians were made fun of. We went in to agitate, came out smiling, as fans of Mehmood saab, imitating him. I told Mehmood saab this story many years later when I met him.