Om Puri and Seema Kapoor (centre) in her hometown, Jhalawar, in 1980

While narrating the script of her upcoming film Kabadiwala to the cast in June last year, Seema Kapoor recalls a comment actor Om Puri made at the end of the session. "The protagonist in the film is a kabadiwala's (junk dealer's) son, who manages the community toilets in the village. But, he goes around telling everyone that he owns a restaurant chain. When Puri ji heard the narration, all he said was, "Seema, film hai toh badbu pe, par ismein se khushboo aa rahi hai (although the film is about stench, I can smell fragrance in it)'," says Seema, actor Annu Kapoor's sister, who married Om Puri in 1991.