Only 3 days left to go before the highly anticipated sports drama, ‘83‘, releases in theatres. The Ranveer Singh–Deepika Padukone starrer is based on the infamous 1983 Cricket World Cup, where India beat West Indies to become champions. Initially expected to release in April 2020, the Covid-19 pandemic shifted the release date multiple times before eventually settling 20 months later, in December 2021. However, despite the Covid-19 problems, can this film become the highest-grossing Indian film of all time? Well… if the film is decent, then yes. It very well could be.
Let us explain. Cricket is as good as a religion in India. Everyone, people from slums to those living in skyscrapers are fans of this massive team sport. A good chunk of cricket viewers around the world are Indians, so an Indian film based on cricket is going to get a massive viewing regardless. A film based on our first ever world cup, however, will receive a National level turnout.
Plus, in the recent past, most of the highest-grossing Indian films have been patriotic films. While those films need not appeal to everyone, an underdog story like the one in ’83’, about our country entering as a “dark horse”, definitely will. A weak Indian team taking on the likes of England, Australia and the returning champions, the West Indies was a great narrative back in 1983, but winning the tournament changed the entire landscape of the sport. We have a feeling this film will shatter Indian box office records when it drops in theatres. That is, of course, if the film has got the key elements right – good screenplay, no over-dramatization and reliability.
The Kabir Khan-directed multistarrer, ’83’ will make its way to theatres around the globe on December 23rd 2021 in multiple languages including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.
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