In 1970 when Asha Parekh did Kati Patang about a widow’s right to rebuild her life there was not even a touch or a caress between the widow and the superstar Rajesh Khanna who played the silent lover. Distributors were aghast. “How can we have the biggest romantic star of all times not even embracing once with his heroine? Audiences would boo the film out of theatres.” But director Shakti Samanta stuck to his guns. No way. The widow wouldn’t cuddle up to the lover-boy, come what may.