Mumbai, Oct. 7 -- Veteran actor Shehzad Khan opened up on how his father, late actor Ajit Khan's iconic villainous image on screen had an unexpected impact on his childhood.

Recalling his school days, Shehzad said that girls would often be scared of him because they associated him with the negative characters played by his father in films.

"Ladkiyaan mujhse bahut darti thi. Bolte the, 'Iska baap acha admi nahi hai. Heroine ki maa ko kidnap kar leta hai, heroine ke saath badtameezi karta hai, hero ko marta hai (Girls used to be very scared of me. They used to say, 'His father is not a good man. He kidnaps the mother of the heroine, he misbehaves with the heroine, he beats up the hero)" Shehzad recalled.

Shehzad said that children at his...