In ancient India, a sudra could be horribly punished for the crime of learning the Vedas; and in Rome, the Twelve Tablets were published only in response to "demands of the people".

Almost 60 years ago, he managed to make a comedy about a perky young small-town blonde who goes out one night to dance with soldiers, gets blackout-level drunk, wakes up pregnant and isn't punished horribly.

Any strong emotion was eventually punished, horribly punished.

But accidents could happen, and in any case Kareena might be horribly punished for his stubbornness.

The demigod who gives humankind the gift of fire only, in return, to be horribly punished by the gods.

They were horribly punished, and he is injured in some way.

The film, which made his reputation, is a rarity: the story of a woman with a healthy sexual appetite who isn't thrown in front of a train or otherwise horribly punished at the end.

What crime could the man have committed, to be so horribly punished?

"This brings back disagreeable memories of '72-73, when university money managers were seized by a rapture that led them into excess risk, and they were punished horribly in '74."