Only 0.01 percent of India’s billion-strong population are organ donors, according to WHO.
Begum of Pataudi, Tagore, along with his son, Saif Ali Khan, who is the new Nawab of Pataudi, will be present.
Wadekar believes Madhav Mantri was the man who convinced the selectors and captain for his debut.
Sharmila Tagore on her part refused to comment on the issue.
Ganguly said not many players had that quality of character or class like Pataudi.
The Century, from Jeffrey Archer's Quiver Full of Arrows, had a character based on Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi.
Spin legend Anil Kumble on Wednesday said India became a sporting nation only in the last decade and other sports should take a cue from cricket as to how to market the game in the nook and corner of the country.
Cricket and Bollywood has been a heady mix since the 60s when the debonair Nawab of Pataudi wooed and married the ravishing Sharmila Tagore. That cocktail has since grown into an inseparable alchemy. Sudatta Mukherjee dwells deep to bring out Bollywood’s chemistry with Sachin Tendulkar.
I first saw Sachin Tendulkar bat when I was sitting with my late uncle and former India captain, Nawab Mansur Ali Khan of Pataudi. This was during Sachin’s first tour, which was to Pakistan in 1989. In the fourth Test at Sialkot, Waqar Younis hit him on the nose by a bouncer. My first reaction was, "Christ! That’s the end of him." The Nawab turned around and quipped, "Nope. Don’t compare them to cricketers of our times.