Yesterday, on January 3, 2020, Ramesh Sippy's long-forgotten film, Shimla Mirchi, had a low-key release in theatres. The Rajkummar Rao, Rakul Preet Singh and Hema Malini-starrer was shot in 2014. It faced several obstacles due to which the comedy could not hit the screens earlier. The actors did not promote the film nor did they make a mention of it on social media. Sippy is the genius behind the classic cult film Sholay (1975), but then such is life.

This isn't the first time that a film has been lying in the cans and suddenly arriving in the cinema halls. Shah Rukh Khan and Raveena Tandon's film, Yeh Lamhe Judaai Ke, which was shot in 1994, finally saw the lights of the day a decade later.