83 (Movie)

83 is a Hindi biographical sports film, featuring Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev: the Indian Cricket Team captain at the 1983 Cricket World Cup, Deepika Padukone as Romi Bhatia, Kapil’s wife, along with Tahir Raj Bhasin, Jiiva, Saqib Saleem, Harrdy Sandhu, Ammy Virk, Pankaj Tripathi, Boman Irani, Nishant Dahiya, and Sahil Khattar.

83 is directed by Kabir Khan and jointly produced by Kabir Khan, Vishnuvardhan Induri, Deepika Padukone and Sajid Nadiadwala while the film is co-distributed by Reliance Entertainment.

• • 83 is based on the India national cricket team led by Kapil Dev, which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup.

• • Phantom Films which owned the rights for the film, with its co-producers Madhu Mantena and Vishnu Vardhan Induri formally met the Indian squad of 1983 in mid-July 2016, and its frontman Kapil Dev, where they signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) to make the official biopic.

• • In September 2017, Reliance Entertainment joined the film’s producers and officially announced the biopic with members of the winning team, which Singh and Khan brought on board.

• • Following an extensive casting and pre-production process, the film began principal photography on 5 June 2019, where it was majorly shot in and around England for three months and a brief schedule took place in India before filming being wrapped up on 7 October.

• • Earlier locked for cinema release in April 2020, the film was pushed from its release date several times due to the casting and pre-production works that delayed filming, and also due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, thus resulting the film to be delayed entirely till 2021.
  • 83 premiered at the Red Sea International Film Festival on 15 December and was released worldwide on 24 December 2021 (Christmas Eve) in conventional 2D and 3D formats, distributed by Reliance Entertainment and PVR Pictures in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam languages, apart from the original version. The film received critical acclaim from critics and audiences alike, praising the performances of the cast, screenplay, direction, and technical aspects. Despite the positive reviews, the film was unsuccessful at the Indian box office, although it became the highest-grossing Hindi film of 2021 in overseas.

• • At the 67th Filmfare Awards, 83 received 14 nominations, including Best Director (Khan), Best Supporting Actor (Tripathi) and Best Male Playback Singer (Arijit Singh for “Lehra Do”), and won 2 awards – Best Actor (Ranveer Singh) and Best Lyricist (Munir for “Lehra Do”).

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