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.