Director
Kabir
Khan
said
former
Indian
cricketer
Kapil
Dev
and
members
of
the
1983
World
Cup
winning
squad
will
be
training
actor
Ranveer
Singh
in
learning
nitty-gritty
of
the
the
popular
game
for
his
forthcoming
film.
Ranveer
Singh
to
play
Kapil
Dev
in
1983
World
Cup,
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In
83,
Ranveer
will
portray
the
role
of
Dev,
under
whose
captaincy
Indian
won
the
World
Cup
in
England.
"The
whole
team
will
have
to
undergo
some
prep
work.
There
will
be
a
boot
camp
where
they
all
will
be
trained
for
(playing)
cricket."
"Members
of
the
1983
World
Cup
squad
will
be
helping
us,
they
will
be
there
as
consultants
and
coaches
for
the
team.
It
will
be
beginning
next
year,"
Kabir
told
PTI.
Kabir
also
said
he
is
confident
that
the
Bajirao
Mastani
actor
will
play
the
role
as
per
the
requirement.
"Ranveer
is
an
actor,
he
will
play
according
to
the
demand
and
requirement
of
the
character.
I
have
always
admired
Ranveer
as
an
actor."
"He
is
a
young
boy
with
great
sense
of
enthusiasm
and
energy.
His
physicality
is
correct
to
play
Kapil
Dev,
who
is
an
icon.
He
loved
the
story
and
is
happy
to
play
Kapil
Dev
on
screen."
In
terms
of
Ranveer's
look
in
the
film,
Kabir
said,
the
makers
will
not
opt
for
prosthetics
to
make
him
look
exactly
like
Dev.
"There
will
be
some
attempt
to
make
Ranveer
feel,
look,
talk
and
be
like
Kapil
Dev.
But
we
are
not
looking
to
making
him
look
identical
to
him,
ultimately
it
is
Ranveer
playing
him
on
screen,"
Kabir
added.
The
director
said
his
film
is
not
a
biopic
on
Dev,
it
is
the
story
of
1983
World
Cup
victory.
"It
is
not
the
story
of
Kapil
Dev
alone,
though
he
had
a
huge
role
in
it
(winning
the
World
Cup).
It
is
the
story
of
1983
World
Cup
victory.
So
Kapil's
story
is
within
the
victory,"
he
said.
Besides,
Dev,
other
key
members
of
the
World
Cup
victory
team
include
Mohinder
Amarnath,
Sunil
Gavaskar,
Kirti
Azad,
Yashpal
Sharma,
Krishnamachari
Srikkanth,
Roger
Binny,
Balwinder
Singh
Sandhu,
Sandeep
Patil,
Syed
Kirmani,
Madan
Lal,
Ravi
Shastri,
Dilip
Vengsarkar
and
Sunil
Valson,
who
beat
West
Indies
in
the
final
to
lift
the
first
Cup.
Talking
about
casting
other
actors,
the
director
said,
"In
case
of
the
1983
World
Cup,
I
think
the
players
are
the
real
stars.
We
are
looking
for
good
actors.
We
are
in
the
casting
process.