bhopal something drew colour vibrancy intricate pictorials small wooden boxes held safety matches lure phosphorus burst smell sulphur every strike match fire lit flame tamed box crushed tossed neutralise bin sparked passion sunil bhatt picked pieces smoke encircled doused matchstick bhatt wrick matchboxes museum fame became phillumenist without aware bhopal initiative matchbox hamidia brand vintage world war ii matches used soldiers trenches set out uncommon collectibles call bhel matchbox man sunil bhatt collection rare matchboxes meticulously stockpiled years includes pieces imported spain denmark america france sweden norway britain area precise multicoloured crowd video display rectangular round hexagonal octagonal sizes ranging millimetres even inches shy picking castaway matchbox street take the air vegetable vendor smoking beedi ask matchbox bhatt occupant awadhpuri worldwide network foreign friends exchanges indian matchboxes foreign ones connecting facebook every matchbox expect message saving daughter tiddler creating awareness blood donation rainwater harvesting wildlife protection trophies made wood also plastic metal sitting bedchamber gigantic collection designer matchbox bhatt says began collecting matchboxes barely teens started gather father matchboxes pasting study copies became love life boxes neatly stacked numerous plastic boxes shielding damage every box steeped history name flair independency brand advertisement celebrity political symbol ethnicity animal list eternal sunil bhatt hardly anybody knows story sheep camel brand matchboxes famous symbols two master animal carriers matchboxes traded pick box opens history said interesting anecdote tell tag indian matchboxes done sweden famous salsola kali mata matchbox label made sweden manufactured kolkata india got matchboxes independence suppose collection difficult bhatt says itc comes set five matchboxes every month beautiful demand big within minutes fit either traded collectors foreign countries bureaucrats still manage grip one pieces earlier people would mock hobby calling rubbish collector every small piece cardboard match precious says many ask risks stockpiling hazardous matchsticks turns bedroom tinderbox bhatt unaffected innovative matchsticks transforming amitabh bachchan portrait variety aim fact love big group b thousands matchboxes celebrity face flick dialogues bhatt never puffed fag majority clients link smokers repository matchboxes went fair police grappling security situation everybody empty pockets checkpoint surprise every second person junking matchbox bin adjacent thing remember rushing security guard requesting rent collect matchboxes getgo thought eccentric refused much persuasion allowed collect matchbox without sticks enter fair premises happy man night said collections gone marriage earlier indifferent hobby whenever go tell on come across matchbox lying road pick face lights best gift get said wife tripti bhatt two daughters support too help increase collection mother biggest motivation times seeing matchbox hands boy nothing less sin mother infer hobby encouraged says bhatt farm lowly town neemuch district remember elephant man village tall haggard deformed baby would wind up see eyes stuck matchbox defend went need shooed away saying involve big thing big men disheartened ran mother asked help without blink eye went man bargained matchbox time mother give rs make happy day never looked back people say passion continue forebode matchbox man said