ivek Sakhle's story is the stuff tinsel dreams are woven of. The 30-year-old, who found fame as the endearing, if grammatically challenged, Dr Bhatawdekar, animal specialist, in the Wrigley's Orbit White commercials, started off as a photocopy operator in a Mumbai hospital. Even after finding fame with the Orbit commercials, he continues to work as a salesman for Aloe Vera gels. And he is not shy of his humble origins.

He was doing a stage play with college students, when someone from Wrigley's spotted him. Apparently, Sakhle had no inkling that his friends from the play had been contacted. A cryptic call or two later, he was told that he had been selected and was asked to come for the shoot straightaway. Did he anticipate that he would hit it off as Dr Bhatawdekar with his very first ad? ... more