At a time when there were no special effects, no technology, we would all count on Veeru paaji to make our action sequences look thrilling. We have done several movies together, including Hum Paanch (1980), Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993) and Mr India (1987).

The Charlie Chaplin sequence in Mr India became magical because of Veeru ji, Shree [Sridevi] and our cinematographer Baba Azmi. In those days, there was no VFX; just hard-core, live action on camera as imagined by Veeru ji. He had his own innovations and they were far ahead of VFX.