I have been wanting to watch "Kaala Pathar" for a long time. The story line seemed interesting and it had almost all the big actors of those days in it. It was not available very easily and so for a long time remained a wish. The wish became reality on an airplane. I tuned into the movie and sure enough it turned out to be interesting. There were a few seedy scenes but on the whole it is a brave movie for its time. A dark tale on fight against exploitation with quite an exciting climax. There are some very good sequences and Amitabh is superb as the angry man. But the scene I liked the most involved the inimitable Shatrughan Sinha. He gets into a card game with most notorious guy in that place. The guy has never lost a game in his life and has won truck loads of money. Everyone knows he is a cheat but he is apparently so good at it that no one has deciphered how. So the game starts between the two with distribution of three cards each. First Mr.Sinha's card looks at his cards. The shot is a close up of his hand holding the cards and it was so close that I could not help notice the creepy glisten of his nails. The first card is a "King", the second card is also a "King" but his third card turns out to be a "2". Next they show the other guy's hand, which thankfully did not have the glistening nails. His first card is a "Jack", his second card is also a "Jack" but his final card is a "4". The game starts between the two - "One hundred", "One hundred", "Two hundred", "Three hundred", "Three hundred", "One thousand". At this point, the other guys slips out a "Jack" from his sleeve and slips in the "4". I have no idea how he was sure he will get the two "Jacks" but he had a "Jack" up his sleeve that he slipped out. He then decides to show the cards trimphantly and is ready to grab the money. Shatru-ji stops him and drops two of his card - the two "King" cards and announces his victory. Everyone is confused and a few of them protest. They ask "but where is the third "King"?". Shatru in his inimitable style says "Theesra baadshah hum hain" (I am the third King) and walks off with the money while the others watch him with open mouth.