It's nostalgia all the way at 82-year-old Kulwant Singh Kohli's office on the ground level of Hotel Midtown Pritam in Dadar, as he flips through a stack of sepia-toned photographs, dating back to 1960s and '70s, along with his 36-year-old grandson, Abhayraj Singh Kohli. Pointing to one with Raj Kapoor, he shares, "Kapoor saab inaugurated Pritam restaurant in 1975 after we renovated it into a centrally air-conditioned space. He was such a nice man. When I called him to ask if I could send him an invite, he said that a formal invitation was unnecessary. A phone call was enough."

Kulwant Singh Kohli (left) with grandson Abhayraj Singh Kohli at Pritam. Pics/Shadab Khan