A young Shetty boy, obviously a Bunt from Karnataka/Mangalore, left his home at a really young age, by himself, boarding a train to Bombay, to build a life in the big city. As could be quite common within the community, he found himself doing odd jobs at one of the Udupi restaurants that dot the working-class metropolis.

Only his interest lay elsewhere. More specifically, in playing football. How does he get spotted for this talent? Inevitably with a stroke of luck, by a keen eye, who was watching this kid randomly hitting around a tin/dabba of dalda (a type of ghee) out in the open. The skill was too obvious to ignore.