Red FM delivers a fan's gift to Sachin Tendulkar

The Padmashree award winner is also a die hard fan of cricket legend Sachin Tendulkar. Karimullah wanted mangoes from his tree to be delivered to Sachin in Mumbai. RJ Raunac of Morning No.1, Red FM Lucknow, impressed by the man's dedication, took up the task and actually travelled to Mumbai in the hope of meeting Sachin Tendulkar and personally delivering Karimullah's special gift to him, while the city of Lucknow joined in with their support.

But meeting Sachin wasn't going to prove very easy. RJ Malishka of Red FM Mumbai decided to help Raunac and tried various leads which included calling Atul Kasbekar, who is a good friend of Sachin and speaking to Prahlad Kakkar who lives in the same building as Sachin. Malishka finally called Anjali Tendulkar and requested her to convince Sachin to spare some time. What was proving to be a gruelling chase was immediately rewarded with Anjali confirming Sachin's availability. Before you knew it RJ Raunac was at Sachin's residence at the appointed hour with the mangoes in tow.

On receiving this simple yet unique gesture from a die hard fan Sachin expressed his gratitude and thanked the people of Lucknow, Karimullah and Red FM for making this happen. He requested to speak to Karimullah personally to thank him.

Expressing his gratitude towards Red FM, Karimullah said, "I was never expecting this to really happen. I wanted to show my appreciation for Sachin and RJ Raunac from Red FM actually traveled to Mumbai to deliver my gift. I also got to speak to Sachin over the phone. It's been a dream come true!"

RJ Raunac of Red FM Lucknow said, "It was quite a hatke request we got from Karimullah, but we thought why not give it a try and see if Sachin agrees. And he did!"