It’s usually never good news when the police turn up at your workplace looking for you.
But in Bilal Sapuan’s case, it was one of those rare times that it was a much welcomed visit – the policeman was there to hand him a film reel that a theatre full of increasingly antsy audience were waiting to watch.
“I still remember the picture was [called] The Gods Must Be Crazy, but the film never came,” the 63-year-old recounted, adding that he was starting to panic as the audience had been waiting for the film to start for quite a while and were starting to get impatient.
Hence, without asking any questions, he took the reel and rushed to the projector room to start showing the film to appease the cinema patrons.