Sardar Kulwant Singh Kohli is new sheriff of Mumbai

A hotelier by inheritance (his father started a restaurant in the area in 1942, which later transformed into the swanky four star Hotel Preetam by 1988), Kohli is into social work now and has just finished the first phase of the Guru Nanak Hospital at the Bandra-Kurla complex. "It will be a non-profit organisation and for the present will be a general hospital with operation theatres and ICUs," he explained. The chairman of the hospital, Kohli holds the project very close to his heart. He has also been in film financing, Pakeezah being his first project. "We have reduced these projects now," he said.

The new job of a sheriff, however, is still a mystery to him. He has no priorities. "I am not yet fully aware of the roles and responsibilities of the sheriff. I will have to study it and am sure that God will definitely help me in my endeavour," he said. An entrepreneur who worked his way to his position, Kohli is essentially a keen businessman, with no time for merry-making on the eve of the grand function tomorrow. "I am in the office working as I always do," he said.