• Yes, you were. And not just you, everything associated with Bobby was a success — the scooter you rode, the dresses you wore, even the slope you came rolling down. Many years ago we went there and people told us it’s called the Bobby slope; honeymooning couples still go down that slope and make videos.

Well, I wonder! Not now, maybe then.

• Your father had a big ego too.

Well, all filmmakers have great egos and he proved time and again that he was a great filmmaker.

• Very romantic too.

Well, romance is a very inherent part — music and romance are a part of Raj Kapoor’s films. The language was not understood in countries like Russia and China but his films were a huge success there because of his music and romance. Well, I guess he knew one language which was understood (everywhere) and that was love.

• I went to cover the Tiananmen Square massacre in Beijing. It was illegal to send stories out of there. But at the hotel business centre, the staff merrily sent our faxes to Delhi. All we had to do, my photographer colleague and I, was to hum Aawaara hoon.

Really? This is something. I have heard several such stories told by my friends who made visits not only to Russia and China but also Turkey and the Arab world.

• But he was a great romantic in personal life too.

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