83
Director: Kabir Khan
Cast: Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Pankaj Tripathi, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Jeeva, Saqib Saleem, Jatin Sarna, Chirag Patil, Dinkar Sharma, Nishant Dahiya, Hardy Sandhu, Sahil Khattar, Amy Virk, Adinath Kothare, Dhairya Karva and R Badri
There is a red ball with the autograph of Kapil Dev lying in a drawer in my room. Although a prized asset, I hadn’t seen it for a long time. Last evening, I watched it with full pride. Perhaps because watching ’83’ took me back in time, where my father told me stories of how a team of white men, no one expected, did the unthinkable by winning the 1983 Cricket World Cup at Lord’s.
The Indian cricket team of 1983 under the leadership of Kapil Dev could not have got a more fitting tribute. As I clapped, laughed, and even shed tears with others in the cinema hall, I saw how the Indian team lifted not only the World Cup, but also the spirits of Indians stricken by communal, ethnic and security issues. The victory gave the country a new self-confidence as a nation and also made sport a religion.
In a runtime of 160 minutes, director Kabir Khan brilliantly captures the country’s craze for cricket and this Haryana cricketer who doesn’t want to lose anything.
From Kapil Dev’s iconic catch to Viv Richards’ dismissal in the final match and Mohinder Amarnath’s spell of swing bowling, the film chronicles the Indian cricket team’s two weeks into the 1983 World Cup. But what it does is that it goes through a lot of personal anecdotes and emotional journey of each player that becomes the highlight of the film. Be it Balwinder Sandhu’s personal defeat before the big match or the turmoil in the dressing room between Sunil Gavaskar and Kapil Dev, many such moments are presented on screen in a very delicate manner.
But, wait, there’s another side to it as well. In the first half, Khan tries to tell the audience that this team cannot win the World Cup in many ways. The script is very simple which takes away the thrill. Again, this is how Khan likes to keep his films which can be seen in his previous work.
Talking about the performances, with Singh leading the team as the captain, he gets huge support from the rest of the cast who deliver some top-notch performances. Everyone collectively hit it outside the park. From his strong tone and dialogue delivery to the way he has conveyed many emotions with his eyes, Singh is splendid as Dev. In scenes where he speaks in broken English and tries to fix his bowling and batting actions, the actor sinks his teeth into the character and does it with so much confidence, making it perhaps the best performance of his career. becomes.
Pankaj Tripathi as PR Man Singh is simply amazing and gets some of the best lines along with Jiiva as Krishnamachari Srikkanth who is a riot in the film. Tahir Raj Bhasin as Sunil Gavaskar also has his moments. Deepika Padukone, who has a brief role, as Dev’s wife, gives a decent performance. Saqib Saleem as Mohinder Amarnath, Dhairya Karwa as Ravi Shastri, Harrdy Sandhu as Madan Lal, Ammy Virk as Balwinder Sandhu, Sahil Khattar as Syed Kirmani, Chirag Patil as Sandeep Patil, Adinath Kothare as Dilip Vengsarkar, Dinker Sharma as Kirti Azad, Jatin Sarna as Yashpal Sharma, Nishant Dahiya as Roger Binny and R Badree as Sunil Valson are all in top gear.
No matter how many times we have seen or heard about the 1983 World Cup victory, it is not impossible that even when Kapil Devils (the team as they are fondly known) won the World Cup at Lord’s, it still came as a cinematic experience. It is impossible to be happy or suffocate to see. Also known as the ‘Mecca of Cricket’, the former colony of the country that gave birth to the gentleman’s game, has been crowned as the new rules of world cricket.
Before the start of the tournament, experts were busy analyzing and predicting the likely champions, but fate immersed itself in writing a story for India. The story of one of the biggest sports victories that Kabir Khan brings back on the big screen. Prepare for the big goose!
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