Danny Denzongpa

It was particularly hard on Dev Anand, against whom the government set up multiple hurdles during the shooting of Des Pardes. But he was fearless.

"When Danny Denzongpa was a star, nobody took my desire to become an actor as a joke. I never felt discriminated against, but at some level my features did stand in the way to getting roles. For example, no one would cast me as Hema Malini’s brother,” recalls Phonsok Ladakhi.