TIL Desk Bollywood/Actor-singer Diljit Dosanjh’s performance as hockey champ Sandeep Singh is winning exceptional laurels as the man himself remains humble, down-to-earth and rooted. “I knew ‘Soorma’ was a role of a lifetime. I am ashamed to say that when Shaad Sir (director Shaad Ali) came to me with the project I did not know anything about Sandeep Paaji.
“It’s a shame that we do not give the same respect and position to hockey as we do to other games in the country,” says Diljit regretfully as he embarks on a new phase in his acting career.The preparations to play the part took Diljit right into the field.
“A role like ‘Soorma’ happens once in a lifetime. I learnt to play hockey from scratch. And it had to be hockey on a competent level. I was playing Sandeep Singh. I couldn’t afford to look like an amateur. “I learnt the game from Sandeep Paaji and and his elder brother (Bikram Singh). By the time I was ready to face the camera I was confident of my game,” says Diljit.
