Excerpts from Madan Puri's biography, 'My Father, the Villain'

Updated On: 17 February, 2016 02:44 PM IST | | A correspondent

<p>A selection of extracts from Kamlesh Puri's book on veteran Bollywood actor Madan Puri titled, 'My Father, the Villain'</p>

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Friends and Neighbours in Punjabi Galli
Movies used to be made around the clock, though producers preferred to shoot by night. As sound was recorded by sync sound, external noise was much less at night. The crowd of film fans was also less. After a couple of months of living in the Panditjee's house as subtenants, Saigal uncle kindly gave us a two-bedroom flat on rent in his own building Radha Kunj (now called Amar Kunj) in Punjabi Galli. Saigal uncle’s mother and my grandfather were cousins.

My Father, the Villain