Ranveer Singh’s 83 is making all the right noises. The film traces the journey of the Indian cricket team to victory in the 1983 World Cup. And, celebrating the film are cricket legends who were part of the historic victory. Ahead of the film’s release, leading man Ranveer Singh has shared a collection of videos of several sportspersons recalling moments from the tour. Many of these memories have made it to the film, leading Ranveer Singh to share the clip under the title “Real to Reel”.
One such video features Sandeep Patil, who worked as a batsman and medium pacer in the team. In the clip, Patil talks about Kapil Dev’s tendency to speak only in English during his tour. Catch? English was not Kapil Dev’s specialty, so at the end of several upbeat speeches, the team would be left wondering what he said.
The video has been linked to the same scene from the film where Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev is talking to the team. Sandeep Patil’s character in the film is played by his son and actor Chirag Patil.
In another video, Krishnamachari Srikkanth is seen talking about how he thought Kapil Dev had “goed mad” when he suggested that he would be able to beat West Indies. “We used to think: kya pagal ho gaya hai hamara kaptaan (Our captain has gone mad),” said the former batsman. However, he added, “We won the World Cup because of one man. The man who had so much self-confidence- Kapil Dev.
This time, the video shows excerpts from a scene in which actor Jeeva is giving similar lines at a formal party.
Batsman legendary Mohinder Amarnath also recalled an incident during the semi-final where teammate late Yashpal Sharma was pulling off a series of risky shots. Asked why he is taking such a risk, Yashpal Sharma said that the bowler sledged him. The recreation of the event in 83 stars Saqib Saleem as Mohinder Amarnath and Jatin Sarna as the late Yashpal Sharma.
In the previous clip, Kirti Azad had told how he bowled Ian Botham off a low ball, which also turned. People ran as soon as they took wickets and 50 pound notes filled Kirti Azad’s pocket. He said that Kapil Dev had asked him how the ball was short and how both were able to turn. Kirti Azad admitted that she still doesn’t know how it happened. The moments narrated by the cricketer have been recreated in the film with Dinkar Sharma in his role.
Kapil Dev also narrated the story of how Madan Lal got West Indies batsman Vivian Richards out. In a clip from the movie, Madan Lal played by Harry Sandhu says, “Ye mere peeche pada hai. Isi cheez ka fayda uthaunga, dede. Ye mujhe bowler hi nahi samajhta… mujhe ek over dede, mujhe isey dikhana hai yaar (Vivian is after me. I will take benefit of this. You just give me the ball. He doesn’t consider me a bowler. Just give me an over, so I can prove it to him).” The rest is history.
In a hilarious clip, former cricketer Balwinder Singh Sandhu talks about Kapil Dev’s inclination to speak only in English during the final match. Balwinder Singh Sandhu said, ‘Kapil was speaking in English as usual. He was giving instructions to everyone. He came up to me and said, “Sardar, very tight. We put a fielder there, there and there” and left. Main asked, “Where?” He thought he was having fun and said, “Sardar, you will be serious.” (He thought I was joking and scolded me).
83 is directed by Kabir Khan and will hit the theaters on December 24 in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam.
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