While, surely, actor Mukesh Rishi, over days, had become accustomed to the casual insanity that came with playing Bulla, the super-villain’s role—to start with, repeating his introductory line, “Mera naam hai Bulla, rakhta hoon khulla”—he was still not prepared for a dimly lit floor at the Chandivli studio for his film’s shoot once.

It was a drawing room scene, with multiple characters. Merely the faces were getting lit up. What happened to the other lights? There was no money for it! Rishi, a relatively new actor, didn’t mind this. He put his foot down only once, for a sex scene, where Bulla comes face to face with a woman in the bedroom.