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Before there were videos on demand, there were flicker books that allowed people to flip through a small book very quickly to see a character or sporting hero in action. And one Twitter user revived memories of those books after finding one that her mother owned, featuring an Indian cricketing legend.
Twitter user @Boomzy1231 posted a video of her mother flipping through the pages of a flicker book featuring Kapil Dev. In the book, one side had the legendary cricketer bowling, while the other side had him drinking a soft drink.
The book was part of a series created by the soft drink brand and featured cricketers like India’s Sandeep Patil, and West Indies legends Clive Lloyd and Vivian Richards.
Indian cricketers had also featured in a commercial for the soft drink brand at the time:
Nostalgic Indians who had once owned the book, or similar ones, at a time replied to the tweet:
https://twitter.com/hschugh/status/1154362652463779842
India’s victorious campaign at the 1983 World Cup is set to be made into a film titled 83, with actor Ranveer Singh playing Dev.
