India, Oct. 3 -- Former cricketer, politician, commentator, reality show judge, there are many hats that Navjot Singh Sidhu has worn over the course of his career., and now he is set to join the jury panel of India's Got Talent with Malaika Arora and Shaan.

But it all started with a big sacrifice that he made for his father. "I wanted to go into the army and I cleared my IMA (Indian Military Academy) exam at the first attempt. But when I was about to go, my father stopped me and said, 'na jaa, main jee nahi paunga tere bina'. So, I actually sacrificed a career that I foresaw for myself, and realised a dream that my father wanted for me and pursued a career in cricket," Navjot Singh Sidhu says.

But the ride from there also wasn't a smoot...