Ranveer Singh's sports drama '83 gets preponed, will now release on THIS date

Ranveer Singh is all set to play the character of Kapil Dev - the captain of India's first cricket world cup winning team of 1983, in the Kabir Khan directorial titled '83. The casting for the rest of the team members is currently underway but the makers of the film have already locked its release date. The much anticipated film will unveil the story of India's hstoric win at 1983 cricket world cup on the silver screens on April 10, 2020. Earlier, it was scheduled to release on August 30, 2020 but now its release date has been preponed!

The sports drama will be releasing on the auspicious day of Good Friday. 83 will bring to light one of the most important event in the Indian cricket history. 

In 1983, the Indian cricket team won the Cricket World Cup in England. This was the first time ever that any team apart from the West Indies ever won the world cup. And it was the first time ever, that an Indian team won any prominent tournament. It's almost as this win taught India to win! 

The winning squad comprised of Kapil Dev, Mohinder Amarnath, Sunil Gavaskar, Kirti Azad, Yashpal Sharma, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Roger Binny, Balwinder Singh Sandhu, Sandeep Patil, Syed Kirmani, Madan Lal, Ravi Shastri, Dilip Vengsarkar & Sunil Valson, and their manager P R Man Singh. 

'83 is the story of those 14 men who believed that they could...and they did! 

The film is directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Phantom Films, Vishnu Vardhan Induri of Vibri Media, Reliance Entertainment and Kabir Khan Films. It is slated to release on April 10, 2020.