I know a few people who owned this 3 geared Mahindra. I think the engine was CJ 500 D. There were some variants with FRP bodies (5 door) and these FRP kits had a big “R” on its tailgate as the company which made the FRP bodies was Roplas. Changing gears was a bicep workout This model continued with modifications many years later and was rebadged as “Major”. Was a huge improvement over Mahindra CJ500D. Don’t know if it was changed to 4 geared but had the monicker ‘Major’ right under the windshield. It had rectangular side indicators

In period films what do you call a person who ensures that furniture, clothes, vehicles used are of that period in which the plot takes place. Can’t understand how Ambassador Mark IV figures in films set in 1956? How 1960 Fiat has a badging of Premier Padmini. You see Mark 3 and Mark IV Ambassadors in Hindi film “Parineeta”? In Marathi film “Ani Kashinath Ghanekar the tail lamps of Ambassadors are Ulhasnagar fitmets. Tata bus is from 1980s. In ‘Raazi’ I think you see a Matador with a Firodia logo.