Top 50 Memorable Bollywood Characters: Appa from Tu Hai Mera Sunday

In this weekly series, Rahul Desai lists 50 of Hindi cinema’s favourite “third wheels” – that is, memorable characters whose roles are little more than fleeting cameos and little less than supporting turns – since 1990. There will be no particular order: just a colourful recollection of emblematic faces who’ve left us craving for more. On the surface, Milind Dhaimade’s Tu Hai Mera Sunday might appear to be a simple, feel-good and lightweight “buddy” movie. It reads that way: Five adult males from culturally diverse walks of life struggle to find a new space for their therapeutic Sunday football sessions. Each of them uses the weekly game as an escape from the existential drudgery of big-city life. But look a little deeper, and you might find that Tu…