The film will trace the story of Indian skipper Kapil Dev (to be played by the flamboyant Ranveer) and the entire Indian national cricket team when they won the 1983 World Cup. Sharing his excitement about the film, Ranveer had said, “I was born at the time when cricket was big time. When Kabir Sahab (director Kabir Khan) had come to me and said that there will be a film on 83, I was like finally. And when he was narrating it to me, I was like woooh. It is not a story just about cricket but a human story.”

The 1983 World Cup has been a celebratory milestone in the history of the Indian cricket. The film will be shot at real locations and will be going on floors early next year. The casting of the other players is yet in the process and Kabir has already completed the script for the film.

Last seen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Padmaavat, Ranveer Singh has already finished shooting for Zoya Akhtar’s Gully Boy and is hard at work on Rohit Shetty’s Simmba.

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