An Epic Ecstatic Emotional Experience..83

Today relived an era 

A movie which is Epic, Experience and Emotional

83

Kabir Khan decided to thrill movie lovers by taking them on a memorable journey of Team India's cricket world cup victory in 1983 . He did a lot of research and his hard work is seen on screen in each and every scene and charecters depicted.

This Victory of 1983 is what dreams are made off.

Before coming to the movie I would like to share my experience of that world cup 1983.

The first match where India defeated West Indies in the League stages was the day I got my driving Licence.

I had passed 12th and decided to pursue Graduation in Agriculture in Amravati.

The journey started after the first match and ended on 25th June . I was at Akola to submit some documents to the PKV Agri University.

As the match started there was a blackout in Akola .

No source of information on the match till I found a Paanwala start the commentry on a transistor. I still remember the euphoria and ecstasy after the victory even when it was past midnight then.

I was taken back to that era as I watched the movie unfold.

PR Man Singh (Pankaj Tripathi) flies to England for the 1983 world cup along with the Indian cricket team led by new captain Kapil Dev (Ranveer Singh) and featuring Gavaskar (Tahir Basin), Srikanth(Jeeva), Mohinder Amarnath (Saqib Saleem), Yashpal Sharma (Jatin Sarna), Sandeep Patil (Chirag Patil), Kirti Azad (Dinker Sharma), Roger Binny (Nishant Dahiya), Madan Lal(Hardy Sandu), Kirmani(Sahil Khatir), Balwinder Singh Sandhu (Ammy Virk), Vengsarkar (Adinath Kothare), Ravi Shastri (Dhairya Karva) and others. They have an uphill task as they have never won a match in the world cups earlier and their only win was against East Africa. They lose badly in the warmup matches ahead of the world cups. How Kapil Dev is able to motivate his team which has otherwise no hopes and on which even his own countrymen do not have faith to win the world cup and what role his wife Romi Bhatia(Deepika Padukone) played along with wives of Madanlal, Srikanth, Gavaskar, form the *83* story.

The journey and the dressing room happenings and the pre-match preparations are shown in detail increasing interest among movie lovers. Though viewers are aware of the story, Kabir Khan emerged successful in elevating the emotions attached to the journey.

The film focuses only on cricket and has everything that cricket fans could have possibly hoped for. The narrative- highlights and flashes the crucial matches and the moments in-between them, bringing back memories to the big screen after nearly 38 years.

The duration of the film also impacts the result. Kabir Khan to negate them, tried to add masala to it by including humor in the conversation between the team members and he also highlighted how cricket unites the country ridden with communal clashes. This however diverted the story to some extent as it even brings in P.M Madam Indira Gandhi  The same is the case with cross-border firing at the Indo-Pak border. He even attracted the attention of viewers showing young Sachin Tendulkar watching the finals and similarly casting Real Kapil Dev as one of the spectators and Mohinder Amarnath as Amarnath's father Lala Amarnath.

Ranveer Singh came with a stellar performance. He slipped into the role and resembled legendary captain Kapil Dev on screen. He came with good expressions and emotions and his body language and physique are near to perfection.

Boman Irani as the commentator Farrokh Engineer, Pankaj Tripathi as PR Man Singh, Neena Gupta as Kapil's caring and supportive mother, have their moments of on-screen glory. Dialogues are good and at times witty capturing the mood of the team.

The cinematography of Aseem Mishra recreated the 83 world cup atmosphere to near perfection. He took movie lovers into the story and gave them a feeling of watching the entire 83 WorldCup on screen. The background music of Julius Packiam is good. The cinematography and Background music elevated the scenes to another level.

It is a level higher than Chak De India . The 2011 Victory has already been depicted in the Biopic M.S.Dhoni.

We as a nation just love anything that would bring us laurels. But there are some very rare achievements for which we could just go on and on, and rightfully so. The Cricket World Cup in 1983 that changed the entire course of cricketing events in our country is one such moment of extreme pride the echoes of which will resonate for all times to come.

Loved the movie and the emotions which came with it.

Don't miss this film.