The movie will trace India's historic victory at the 1983 cricket World Cup. Ranveer Singh will be playing the role of former Indian skipper Kapil Dev and Deepika will essay his wife Romi Dev in the film. Ranveer on Tuesday posted a photograph of himself along with his wife Deepika and director Kabir Khan. "Who better to play my wifey than my wifey? Deepika Padukone plays Romi Dev in '83'! Genius casting courtesy Kabir Khan.", captioned the image.
The "Gully Boy" star then shared a boomerang video of himself along with Deepika on Twitter. His tweet wrote: "Story of my life... Real and reel".
Story of my Life 😅 Real & Reel ! @deepikapadukone @83thefilm 🏏🎥🎞 pic.twitter.com/Q9Q6mbywu6
— Ranveer Singh (@RanveerOfficial) June 12, 2019
The actress also took to instagram to post a picture with the director Kabir Khan and husband Ranveer Singh in London which wrote, “& on to the next...Thank You @kabirkhankk for this incredible honour...! #RomiDev#Day1
This will be the first time Ranveer and Deepika will be seen featuring together in a film after their wedding. The star couple have previously worked in films like "Padmaavat", "Bajirao Mastani" and "Goliyon Ki Rasleela Ram-Leela".
The rest of the cast, includes Saqib Saleem, Adinath Kothare, Chirag Patil, Harddy Sandhu, Ammy Virk, Jatin Sarna, Pankaj Tripathi, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Dinker Sharma, Jiiva, Sahil Khattar, Dhairya Karwa, Nishant Dahhiya and R Badree.
The Kabir Khan directed "83" is being presented by Reliance Entertainment, and will release on April 10, 2020, in languages Hindi, Tamil and Telugu.
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