83 is a 2021 Indian Hindi-language sports drama film directed by Kabir Khan and produced by Deepika Padukone, Kabir Khan, Vishnu Vardhan Induri, Sajid Nadiadwala, Reliance Entertainment and 83 Film Ltd.[7][8] Based on the India national cricket team led by Kapil Dev, which won the 1983 Cricket World Cup, the film's story and dialogues were co-written by Khan, along with Sanjay Puran Singh Chauhan, Vasan Bala and Sumit Arora. It stars Ranveer Singh as Dev and Padukone as Romi Bhatia, Dev's wife, featuring an ensemble cast of 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. The film's soundtrack is composed by Pritam and the background score is composed by Julius Packiam. The cinematography and editing were handled by Aseem Mishra and Nitin Baid, respectively. The cricket action and choreography was coordinated by Rob Miller of ReelSports.
The rights for producing the film based on India's journey at the 1983 World Cup was owned by Phantom Films, whose producer Madhu Mantena and Vishnu Vardhan Induri had formally met the Indian squad of 1983 during mid-July 2016, and its frontman Kapil Dev, and signed a Memorandum of understanding (MoU) to make the official biopic.[9] Later, in September 2017, Reliance Entertainment joined the film's producers and made an official announcement about the biopic with members of the winning team, where Singh and Khan brought on board for the project as the lead actor and director respectively.[10] Following an extensive casting and pre-production process, the film began principal photography on 5 June 2019, where it was majorly shot in and around England for three months and a brief schedule took place in India, before filming being wrapped up on 7 October.[11]
Earlier scheduled for an 10 April 2020 release, 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, thus resulting the film to be delayed entirely till 2020.[12][13] The film was premiered at the Red Sea International Film Festival on 15 December and released in 5,000 theatres worldwide on 24 December 2021 (Christmas Eve) in conventional 2D and 3D formats, distributed by Reliance Entertainment and PVR Pictures.[2] The film was dubbed and released in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam languages, apart from the original version.[2] The film received positive response from critics and audiences, praising the performances of the cast, screenplay, direction and
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