The film charts India’s unlikely 1983 Cricket World Cup victory

'83 cricket film

Reliance Entertainment and Phantom Films’ ’83 is to premiere in UK cinemas on 24 December.

The film charts India’s 1983 Cricket World Cup victory, where the team entered the competition as outsiders but went all the way and defeated one of the greatest ever sides in the West Indies at Lords in the final.

Bollywood star Ranveer Singh will play captain Kapil Dev alongside Deepika Padukone as Romi, Dev’s wife. The cast also includes Tahir Raj Bhasin, Jiiva, Saqib Saleem, Jatin Sarna, Chirag Patil, Dinker Sharma, Nishant Dahiya, Harrdy Sandhu, Sahil Khattar, Ammy Virk, Addinath Kothare, Dhairya Karwa, R Badree and Pankaj Tripathi. Kabir Khan directed the film.

You can watch the trailer below.