"Oh the theatrics I resorted to in order to convince your grandfather to let me go and watch Amitabh Bachchan movies in the theatre. Those were the days!" - I've grown up listening to hilarious stories about how my parents, both movie buffs, would come up with the most baffling excuses to see their favourite actors' films on the big screen.
Amitabh Bachchan is a household name. Deewar, Don, Abhimaan, Satte Pe Satta, Amar Akbar Anthony, Kaalia, Kaala Patthar, Kabhi Kabhie, Mili - you name a movie of his, and my parents have all the dialogues memorized.
So, when 11 of Big B's best-known films from the 1970s and 1980s were re-released in cinemas on the occasion of his 80th birthday, it's no surprise that my friend and I pounced on the tickets.