India, Nov. 30 -- My memories of Dharam ji cannot be described in a few sentences-they would fill an entire book. I met Dharam ji through my father-in-law, Hemant Kumar. He always treated me like a family member and was very protective, saying things like, 'Idhar nahi jaana, isse nahi baat karna,' and so on."

I still clearly remember that once, while we were shooting in Nasik, he was playing with my younger daughter Payel on his lap, and suddenly he said, 'Let's marry off Payel to my younger son Bobby.' I started laughing and said, 'This isn't a film script that we can write now and expect it to stay forever. When they grow up, they may have different thoughts. How can we decide my two-year-old daughter's life right now?' Then he also ag...