Filmmaker Gautham Menon recalls what it was like to grow up in the times of actor Shashi Kapoor.
Deewar came up for re-release in Chennai
many years after its original release in 1975. I was hardly 10 then,
but still remember how eager my parents were to catch the film in a
theatre. Conversations about films and actors were commonplace in our
home, and recommendations were taken very seriously. So, we followed
through and travelled all the way from Anna Nagar to catch the film at
Ega theatre. And that’s when I began rooting for Shashi Kapoor. I still do.
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