about robots that could take over the world currently matan owns seven robots they all have different functions and operate on batteries they can walk turn around shoot and even make sounds hes now looking forward to displaying his collection in his bagel shop sanjay verma rare hindi film stillsthis diplomat too found his calling in the chor bazaar when sanjay verma 42 isnt playing counsellor head economic and commercial section at the indian embassy in beijing he delves into his inner passion of collecting old and rare hindi film stills starting some 25 years back while still in junior college in mumbai verma today has about 1500 original black and white bw photographs hundreds of posters film booklets magazines and sketches of art directors theres a certain innocence wrapped in nostalgia about old bw photographs how could i resist photographs of eternal beauties like madhubala or legends like balraj sahni yusuf saab and sunil dutt which were just lying there he asks we understand most of his photographs revolve around the period when the first talkies started and go up to the mid 60s devika rani himanshu rai kanan bala fearless nadia raj kapoor ashok kumar nigar nimmi suraiya meena kumari kamini kaushal dev anand dilip kumar and many more all framed in original bw or like film posters many have colour filled in by hand as was the trend then he informs he also owns many rare issues of filmfare including the one covering the first filmfare awards when you see the photos and articles in this issue its clear no one present at the first award ceremony realised how these would set a benchmark for our films one day he says with wife sangeeta and daughter saniya too being film buffs his collection has been warmly nurtured over the years but his ultimate dream is to get the original sholay poster autographed by either of the salimjaved duo with his favourite line arre o sambha kitne aadmi theyy mukul gupta cigarette lightershes a firebrand all right this 49yearold financier from delhi who compares life to a freshlylit cigarette likes to collect lighters life is gonna finish in any case the fun is how many drags you can pull from it he says philosophically at any time 1015 cigarette lighters lie around him or tumble out from his shirt pockets pillow covers cupboards cars or table drawers though unintentional i pick them up mostly from friends or family as i cant remember the last time i bought them he says grinning im automatically drawn to a lighter when i see it lying around so far no one has objected as his wife makes it a point to call up friends and return them but guptas personal collection totalling over 100 is fascinating nonetheless one lighter when pressed from the left end lights up at the right end he says fondly mukul maintains that he can hold three lighters in one go vandana vadhera shoesvandana vadhera