Remember Apple Singh? He was an essential part of every significant Indian match during the 1999 Cricket World Cup. His autographs were prized wherever he went and he was just as famous as any other famous cricketer. Check out the story behind this. In a television advertisement, National School of Drama alumnus Sanjay Mishra played an apple vendor who was trying to teach Kumble the fundamentals of bowling. The ESPN-Star Sports executives were so moved by the advertisement that they hired him to play Apple Singh. Mishra then returned in a new avatar. He was Dhartipakad Singh on Sahara Samay, the host of a pre-election programme with a mission to question, counsel, and assess the chances of candidates

Author-Gopi Shah