The film '83,' directed by Kabir Khan, on the 1983 Cricket World Cup victory, has been certified tax-free in Delhi ahead of its release.
The film, starring Ranveer Singh as then-captain Kapil Dev, will be released in theatres on Friday, December 24. Khan announced the news on his official Instagram account, thanking Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia.
Take a look at the post shared by Kabir Khan on his Instagram here:
The film recreates a tense scene from the 1983 World Cup final at Lord's, in which India overcame West Indies to win their first-ever World Cup.
The trailer for '83' was recently played at Dubai's Burj Khalifa, the world's tallest building. Ranveer Singh saw the trailer on the building with '83' director Kabir Khan and his wife, actress Deepika Padukone, who got emotional during the scene.
Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone also took over the red carpet at the Red Sea Film Festival in Jeddah. The duo went there to promote their film '83,' which was shown at the festival. Director Kabir Khan and his actor-wife Mini Mathur, Kapil Dev and his wife Romi, and former cricketer Mohinder Amarnath also joined them on the red carpet.
The film also features 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 as cricketers of the 1983 team, Pankaj Tripathi as PR Man Singh and Deepika Padukone as Kapil Dev’s wife.
