This was followed by the screening of the first film in the fest, Gulzar's Namkeen. O.P Ralhan's Talaash, and Shakti Samanta's Kashmir Ki Kali and Amar Prem. Sharmila was certainly in her element as Mr Sanghvi opened his chat, quizzing her on how she became an actress. As the chat progressed, snippets of Sharmila the film star came back. In Paris, rumours of her off-screen sparks with Rajesh Khanna and, of course, her first meeting with Tiger Pataudi.
Any theatre ambitions, someone queried.
The stage would make me nervous. I think my voice would crack up in three days.