The shooting of Kabir Khan’s directorial ’83 started in June in the UK. The film stars Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone in the lead roles along with other actors playing the pivotal role in the movie. ’83 is based on India’s victory at the World Cup in the year 1983. Recently, the team wrapped up the first schedule of the film, and the director feels like they have actually won a World Cup.
While talking to a tabloid, Kabir Khan stated, “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.”
Khan reveals that getting the permission to shoot at some locations at the Lord's Cricket Ground was quite difficult. He said, “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. Shooting at Lord’s on the last day was magical.”
The filmmaker is also thankful to God that the rains didn’t play a hurdle in the shooting of the film. Khan stated, “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,” the director added.
When the first schedule of ’83 was wrapped up Ranveer had posted on Instagram, “& that’s a schedule wrap, folks ! ?? CHEERS?? @83thefilm ??”
’83 is slated to release on 10th April 2020.
