Kapil Dev had one major concern about 83, told director Kabir Khan, ‘I hope you are not…’

Khan also recalled his first meeting with the Haryana Hurricane, as Kapil Dev is fondly called. The former Indian skipper told Khan that he doesn’t want 83 to be just about him, but the entire team. The filmmaker also made sure he doesn’t fall for the tropes of a sports drama. He said, “I didn’t want to be distracted by romance, back story and other tropes of a usual sports film.”

In the same interview, the filmmaker, who has films like Bajrangi Bhaijaan, Ek Tha Tiger, Sultan and Tubelight, to his credit, said that he finds Ranveer Singh the ‘finest actor of his generation’.

83 features Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev. The ensemble cast also includes actors like Tahir Raj Bhasin, Jiiva, Saqib Saleem, Jatin Sarna, Chirag Patil, Dinker Sharma, Nishant Dahiya, Harrdy Sandhu, Sahil Khattar, Ammy Virk, Addinath Kothare, Dhairya Karwa, R Badree and Pankaj Tripathi.

The film has received positive reviews. The Indian Express’ film critic Shubhra Gupta gave the film a 3.5-star rating. In her review, she wrote, “Ranveer Singh disappears into his Kapil Dev even as each of Kapil’s Devils is given their own moment in this faithful recreation of India’s 1983 World Cup win.”