The year was 1981 and shooting for Shyam Ralhan’s Jeeo Aur Jeene Do was underway. The scene showed the legendary actor Pran as a dacoit who leaves the mountains of Chambal to come to Mumbai. Unfamiliar with the ways of the city, Pran’s character lies down on a pavement to rest for the night when the local goon’s sidekick shows up to demand hafta. The deadly dacoit responds by placing his leg on the collection bowl. The sidekick, not to be outdone, raises his fist and says, “Ae shaane, pair nikaal, haath jeb mein daal aur hafta nikaal.”

Placing of the leg on the bowl was not in the original script, and neither was the sidekick’s response. But Pran sahab, as he was known, was offended by the artiste’s improvisation, perceiving it as impudence. The shoot halted for over two hours, with the director having to intervene to soothe the veteran.