The following article is part of a series called 'Sands of Time by Outlook India in which Amborish Roychoudhury, writer and national film award winner, takes us on a journey back in time to the early years of Indian cinema. This series will look at the forgotten superstars of silent cinema, the story of Master Vithal - India’s Douglas Fairbanks, the wild days of Amitabh in Kolkata before he came to Bombay, how Dilip Kumar left Saira Banu for another woman in a momentary lapse of judgement, or how Shah Rukh Khan featured in a Dostoevsky adaptation in a Mani Kaul film, and much more.