Ranveer Singh's '83: Singer Harrdy Sandhu Opens Up About Playing Madan Lal
Singer Harrdy Sandhu who was former under-19 cricketer is all set to play all-rounder Madan Lal on screen in Kabir Khan's '83 who took all the important wickets in 1983 World Cup Final .
Singer
Harrdy
Sandhu
who
was
former
under-19
cricketer
is
all
set
to
play
all-rounder
Madan
Lal
on
screen
in
Kabir
Khan's
'83
who
took
all
the
important
wickets
in
1983
World
Cup
Final
.
The
film
will
also
mark
the
Bollywood
debut
of
singer-composer
Harrdy
Sandhu.
Former
cricketer
Madan
Lal,
who
took
the
crucial
wicket
of
Sir
Vivian
Richards
during
the
1983
World
Cup
final
was
also
the
highest
wicket-taker
in
World
Cup
finals
along
with
Mohinder
Amarnath
taking
three
wickets
each.
Harrdy
Sandhu
who
won
filmmaker
Kabir
Khan's
will
over
his
depiction
of
the
former
cricketer
says,
"Ammy
[Virk,
who
plays
Balvinder
Singh
Sandhu
in
the
film],
along
with
another
coach
assisting
the
team,
recommended
me
for
the
part.
I
have
played
cricket
in
the
Under-19
team
and
the
Ranji
Trophy.
Kabir
sir
gave
me
seven
days
to
prepare
for
the
role
before
they
could
take
the
final
call."
To
get
into
the
skin
of
his
character,
Harrdy
Sandhu
would
play
Madan
Lal's
videos
on
a
large
screen
and
ape
his
mannerism.
Interestingly,
during
his
time
spent
in
Bangalore's
national
camp,
Harrdy
Sandhu
was
trained
by
Sir
Madan
Lal
himself.
Talking
about
Madan
Lal
and
his
old
cricketing
days
Harrdy
Sandhu
said,
"He
was
my
coach
then.
I
have
spoken
to
him
[following
my
casting],
and
will
meet
him
in
a
day
or
two."
There
has
been
immense
excitement
amongst
the
audience
to
witness
the
magnificent
event
to
be
recreated
on
the
silver
screen.
Tracing
the
historic
victory
of
1983
world
cup,
Kabir
Khan's
upcoming
directorial
will
star
Ranveer
Singh
as
the
former
captain
of
the
Indian
Cricket
Team
Kapil
Dev.
The
film
'83
would
be
Ranveer
Singh's
first
trilingual
film
to
be
made
in
Hindi,
Tamil
and
Telugu.
Earlier,
the
makers
hosted
an
event
to
announce
the
film
along
with
the
entire
former
team
that
lifted
the
world
cup
in
83.
Directed
by
Kabir
Khan,
the
sports
film
will
bring
to
light
one
of
the
most
important
event
in
Indian
cricket
history.
The
film
will
be
shot
at
real
locations
and
will
be
going
on
floors
early
next
year.
Shouldered
by
the
then
captain
Kapil
Dev,
who
led
the
Indian
cricket
team
to
it's
maiden
World
Cup
win,
1983's
World
Cup
stays
to
be
one
of
the
most
etched
events
in
the
minds
of
the
cricket
fans.
While
Ranveer
Singh
will
play
the
lead,
the
film
is
already
backed
by
a
powerful
support
cast
as
Men
in
Blue
which
includes
Ammy
Virk
as
Balwinder
Singh
Sandhu,
Saahil
Khattar
as
Syed
Kirmani,
Jiiva
as
Krishnamachari
Srikanth
and
Pankaj
Tripathi
as
manager
PR
Man
Singh,
Tahir
Bhasin,
Saqib
Saleem
and
Harrdy
Sandhu
is
the
recent
addition
to
it.