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Watch | Shammi Kapoor saved my life in Iraq

Updated on Oct 21, 2016 12:10 pm IST

What's in a name? If it's Shammi Kapoor, it could save your life. On the legendary actor's birthday, Hindustan Times Editor-in-Chief Bobby Ghosh recounts how a mere mention of Shammi Kapoor saved his life from a gun-totting retired colonel in Iraq.

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