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  • 4/18/2025
The starry-eyed kid from rural Punjab came to the city of dreams to make a career in the movies. He not only succeeded in doing so but he even built a movie empire that launched the careers of successive generations of his family. He turns 85 years old today.
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00:00Vasanti, don't dance in front of these dogs!
00:30Vasanti, don't dance in front of these dogs!
01:00Vasanti, don't dance in front of these dogs!
01:04Vasanti, don't dance in front of these dogs!
01:21I burnt you, I didn't forget you
01:34I burnt you, I didn't forget you
01:45The garden is not empty
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03:15It's a very unscientific language, sir
03:18If CUT is cut, then PUT
03:20DO2, DO2, but GO becomes GO
03:23The garden is not empty
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