James Bond's (Roger Moore) India contact Vijay (Vijay Armitraj) plays a familiar tune undercover as a snake charmer in Octopussy (1983)

That’s a charming tune

Well, there you have it. The character James Bond does, in fact, officially “know” the James Bond theme. 🙂

This short sequence from Octopussy (1983) is a good one, not only because Bond (Roger Moore) meets his cool India contact Vijay (Vijay Armitraj), but also because of the way they agree to identify each other. Obviously, when Bond meets a contact in a foreign country, they need to agree upon something to indicate the other that they are in fact who they say they are. Whether it be a handshake or a secret password – it really doesn’t matter. It just has to be something agreed upon during earlier communications.

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