Haven't we all seen Amitabh crack open safes in Natwarlal. Always wondering what is that they do when turn the dials, listening with stethoscopes etc. etc. etc. Well, I came upon this wonderful article by Tim Hunkin when searching for the smell of plastic explosives (I had read in a Frederick Forsyth novel that it smells like marzipan).
I agree with Tim Hunkin that cracking safes and picking locks is an art and most of the cracking and picking is done out of intellectual curiosity rather than crime.
Let me see if I can recollect any other Bollywood movies with safe cracker as a lead :)
Go through it here.
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