XtraTime Web Desk: After doing a huge blockbuster movie Simmba and marrying his long time love Bollywood diva Deepika Padukone, star actor Ranveer Singh has begun his journey of 2019 with a bang as his next release Gully Boyslated for Valentine’s Day in February. From Saturday Ranveer has started shoot for his next venture ’83’. Here he will play the role of legendary Kapil Dev under whom the nation won its first World Cup back in 1983.
Ranveer recently shared an Instagram post, with the hashtags Kapil Dev, 83 the film and Balwinder Singh Sandhu. Director of the movie Kabir Khan also shared the same post that showed Ranveer sporting batting pads with a cricket bat in his hands and former Indian cricketer Balwinder Singh Sandhu apparently training him for the role.
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And the glorious journey begins…….. #83 ? #kapildev @83thefilm #balwindersinghsandhu @kabirkhankk
On being asked about the matter, the 1983 World Cup winning team member Balwinder Singh Sandhu told www.xtratime.in that,” The film director Mr. Kabir Khan has strictly told me not to tell anything on this matter to anyone right now. But I can only say that as I was a part of that historic event it’s a privilege for me to be a part of the film. Beside that I am also happy that I am getting the opportunity to train a professional actor like Ranveer Singh.”
Earlier in the movie M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story director Neeraj Pandey took the help of former Indian cricketer & Chief Selector Kiran More’s help as he helped Sushant Singh Rajput to learn the techniques of Dhoni and now in this film director kabir Khan is using Balwinder Singh Sandhu in the same way as he will help Ranveer to learn the body language & techniques of Kapil as it will enrich the liveliness of the movie.