My name is Padmini. Fifty years ago, they gave me away in marriage. I was young, shiny, bushy tailed, full of optimism. The man to whom I went to was middle aged, with a long black beard. His name was Mohammed Yusuf Khan, he was my 'driver'.

He was kind to me, wouldn't have been more than 50, but had the attitude of a much older man, spartan in his habits, always wore a kurta, prayed five times day, never refused anyone a ride , even if it was a short distance. He had no luxuries, or passions, except the songs of Dilip Kumar—amazingly the thespian and my taxi driver, shared the same name: Mohammed Yusuf Khan. Through the 70s he played songs off AIR radio, and then one day, he bought himself a simple car cassette player, from which emanated song after song of Yusufbhai's movies.