Haven’t we all heard the axiom, “Exceptions prove the rule”? And also “One swallow does not make a summer”? Well, this was the case in Hindi cinema with two genres in particular.

Inspired by Shakespeare, he twice adapted the Bard’s The Comedy of Errors, first as Do Dooni Chaar (1968), which flopped, and later improvised the script to make Angoor (1982) even though producer ...