Ranveer Singh has wrapped up the England schedule of his upcoming film '83. Tha actor on Saturday took to Instagram to post a video in which he can be seen raising a toast to mark the end of the schedule. "And that's a schedule wrap, folks cheers. '83' the film," he captioned the video.
Directed by Kabir Khan, '83 follows how, under captain Kapil Dev, the Indian cricket team defeated West Indies in the final of the World Cup in 1983. Ranveer is essaying the role of Kapil Dev in the film, which also stars Deepika Padukone, Boman Irani, Saqib Saleem, Ammy Virk and Harrdy Sandhu. As the shoot was wrapped up, it was an emotional moment as they had become close, like a family. Talking about it, Kabir told a leading daily, “It was like we had won the World Cup too. I knew ’83 was an ambitious film and we have achieved more than what we had planned.”
For the unversed, Kabir is also producing the film with Sajid Nadiadwala, Madhu Mantena, Shibasish Sarkar and Vishnu Induri. Adding that logistically '83 was a difficult shoot, he revealed that he had to travel to London every month for a year to work with the local production crew to get the required permissions. “Securing permissions to film at some places, like inside Lord’s cricket ground, was not easy. This is the first unit that has ventured into the players’ locker room and the long room there. We had to make half of London look like it did in ’83."
Ranveer went to England in May along with the film's cast and crew and the film went on floors on June 5. “We have been blessed by the Gods of cricket. We got so much goodwill from legends like Sunil Gavaskar, Kapil Dev, Jimmy Amarnath, Balwinder Singh Sandhu and Clive Lloyd that even the rain god helped us out. When we were shooting interiors, it would rain the entire day, but the minute we stepped out, it would stop. It’s rare and next to impossible for anybody to complete a big shoot in the UK on time. On paper, we were to end on September 1, and we are done,” Kabir signed off by saying.
'83 is slated to release on April 10, 2020.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror)
