Mumbai: Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh’s much-awaited film ’83’ earned Rs 24.43 crore at the box office on its first day of release. This sports drama film directed by Kabir Khan is based on India’s victory in the 1983 Cricket World Cup under the captaincy of Kapil Dev, in which India won the World Cup title for the first time by defeating West Indies in the final match.
Actor Ranveer Singh plays Kapil Dev in the film. The film is produced by Reliance Entertainment and Phantom Films. The film’s release was postponed several times due to the Covid-19 pandemic. After this, the film was finally released in theaters on Friday, 24 December in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Malayalam. Critics have also praised ’83’.
According to Reliance Entertainment, ’83’ earned Rs 12.64 crore through release in various languages while it earned Rs 11.79 crore through overseas release. Apart from Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone, the film also stars Pankaj Tripathi, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Jeeva, Saqib Saleem, Jatin Sarna, Chirag Patil, Dinkar Sharma, Nishant Dahiya, Hardy Sandhu, Sahil Khattar, Amy Virk, Adinath Kothare, Dhairya Karva, and R Badri. are also in important roles.
