At 79, you can forgive Dilip Kumar, master of the understated, choosy now as he was then, if he doesn't act in movies any more, and makes only the occasional appearance. At 78, it's sometimes a little difficult to understand why Dev saab, immensely likeable though he is, continues to make tacky turkeys that do little for his image or bank balance.

They're the two oldest actors still in the public eye, and they couldn't be more different. But Mumbai loves 'em both. A city whose memory is notoriously short still has the mindspace for these two legends.