83 (film)

Not to be confused with 1983 (film).

83
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKabir Khan
Written byKabir Khan
Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan
Vasan Bala
Produced byKabir Khan
Vishnu Vardhan Induri
Sajid Nadiadwala
Deepika Padukone
StarringRanveer Singh
Deepika Padukone
CinematographyAseem Mishra
Edited byNitin Baid
Music bySongs:
Pritam
Score:
Julius Packiam
Production
companies
Distributed byPVR Pictures
Release dates
Running time
160 minutes[3]
CountryIndia
Languages
  • Hindi
  • English
Budget₹250 crore[4][5]
Box officeest. ₹193.73 crore[6]

83 is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language biographical sports drama film written and directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Deepika Padukone, Kabir Khan, Vishnu Vardhan Induri and Sajid Nadiadwala.[7][8] Based on the India national cricket team led by Kapil Dev, which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup, and jointly written by Khan, along with Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan, Vasan Bala and Sumit Arora, it features an ensemble cast including Ranveer Singh, Padukone, Pankaj Tripathi, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Jiiva, Saqib Saleem, Jatin Sarna, Chirag Patil, Dinker Sharma, Nishant Dahiya, Harrdy Sandhu, Sahil Khattar, Ammy Virk, Adinath Kothare, Dhairya Karwa and R. Badree.

Vishnu Vardhan Induri who first owned the rights for the film and Madhu Mantena, the co-producer in Phantom Films, formally met the Indian squad of 1983 during mid-July 2016, and its frontman Kapil Dev, where they signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) to make the official biopic.[9] In September 2017, Reliance Entertainment co-financed the project and officially announced the biopic with members of the winning team, with Singh and Khan brought on board.[10] Following an extensive casting and pre-production process, the film began principal photography on 5 June 2019, in Scotland at Glasgow's Weirs cricket club (14th;) then England for three months and a brief schedule took place in India, before filming being wrapped up on 7 October.[11]

Originally scheduled for cinema release in April 2020, the film was pushed from its release date several times due to the casting and pre-production works that delayed filming, and also due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India, resulting in the film being delayed until December 2021.[12][13] It premiered at the Red Sea International Film Festival on 15 December and released worldwide on 24 December 2021 (Christmas Eve) in conventional 2D and 3D formats, distributed by PVR Pictures in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam languages, apart from the original version. The film received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences alike, praising the performances of the cast, screenplay, direction and technical aspects. However, the film was unsuccessful at the Indian box office, although it became the highest grossing Hindi film of 2021 in overseas.[14]

At the 67th Filmfare Awards, 83 received 14 nominations, including Best Director (Khan), Best Supporting Actor (Tripathi) and Best Male Playback Singer (Arijit Singh for "Lehra Do"), and won 2 awards – Best Actor (Ranveer Singh) and Best Lyricist (Munir for "Lehra Do").

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