Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Eighty Three (83) Movie

Cricket is the largest religion in India. Cricket, Bollywood and music stand hand in hand to unite India. Our Cricket frenzy nation forgets all the boundaries, quarrels and miseries when our players get on to the pitch. 83 movie celebrates the historic moment of India's first ever World cup win over West Indies. The movie mainly focuses on Kapil Dev, the then captain of India who steered the team towards Victory. The adrenaline rush, cricket being the priority to most of the Indians, the sportsmanship are all well portrayed. Even if it was little slow, it did transport me to the year when India tasted victory. I especially loved the real frames blended with reel frames. Real cricketers being shown once in a while through out the movie would make the cricket fans happy!

The scene where the present day Kapil Dev seated in the stadium catches the ball saying , "Nice shot Kapil", was quite endearing, so were the scenes where Mohinder Amarnath appreciates himself! Ranveer gets in to the skin of Kapil but at times the dialogue delivery seems quite artificial. The English language spoken by Ranveer/Kapil however feels natural and generates some laughs. The slogan , "Like people says, taste the success once… tongue want more.” -Kapil Dev, 1983 would stay with me 😀

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All other roles played by Tahir Bhasin (Sunil Gavaskar), Hardy Sandhu (Madan lal), Jiva ( Krishnamachari Srikanth), Pankaj Tripathi as PR Man Singh and many more characters are quite realistic.  Deepika as Romi Bhatia is pretty and acted as a great support to both Ranveer / Kapil Dev though she didn't have much to deliver. They tried to make the premise of the movie as authentic as possible by showing even Salma Sultan as the news reader of DoorDarshan in 80s :) The movie would make you travel down the memory lane as it shows how  the nation watched the matches together by halting all their tasks, adjusting antennas, standing outside the shops on displayed TV screens and discussed just the game for months! 

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I loved the following scenes:

  • A pregnant woman who goes in to the labor in mid of the match, asks how many wickets are taken by India in the final match! 😊
  • Kids aspiring to become like Indian team players. We even get a glimpse of master blaster Sachin Tendulkar!
  • The Haryana Hurricane Kapil Dev smashes the glasses many times while creating his world record of 175 runs. I am not sure if the smashing really happened but it made me so happy as if I lived that moment.
  • Even in mid of religious strife in the country, cricket unites all.
  • Srikanth/Jivas monologue during a lunch gathering is quite good and gives you some laughs.
There are many other feel good tidbits through out the movie which make you live that victorious moment but some how on a whole the movie lacked soul and seemed an ensemble of many short events! During the end credits Kapil Dev described how they celebrated the victory with so much champagne and even forgot to eat. Watch 83 on Netflix for the love of cricket and loads of nostalgia. I sat through out the end credits to watch the snapshots of the then Indian Cricket Team. I wasn't born when India won the first world cup but I tasted the victory in 2011 while working in my first company Infosys. Holidays were declared, onsite calls cancelled, there was a screening in office amphitheater and so on and so forth!

Lets wish and pray we create such historic moment again, after all taste success once tongue wants more 💗😊

I am participating in Blogging from A-Z challenge 2022 and this is my 5th post for letter E - Eighty Three. I would mostly talk about Covid life (which would include some of the shows and, movies I watched in this time) and the daughter diaries! Good luck to all the participants :)

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25 comments:

  1. Thanks for this review. I plan to watch it this weekend. I remember seeing the match in '83.

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  2. My parents watched this movie last weekend and it was great!

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  3. I enjoyed watching this movie. Well made .

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  4. I enjoyed '83 too. I think the performances really made the movie come alive. Thanks for those blog recommendations.

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  5. I am planning to watch this movie!
    A good review!

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  6. Sports fanaticism always feels so stranfecto me. I laughed when you called cricket a religion. ;)

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    1. I meant it in a manner where it is much better than religious fanaticism...sports play a bigger role in our country to bring together all and make them feel as one. Thanks for reading

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  7. This historic victory was on my birthday :)
    I enjoyed the movie, but felt it was tad too long. It brought back so many memories.

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  8. Thank you for visiting my post and commenting. Not well and busy otherwise with more pressing tasks. "Even in mid of religious strife in the country, cricket unites all." We have to find a way for more lasting peace. Islam says peace and Vedas say World is one family. Still the reality is violence, wars and hatred. Beyond comprehension. But still many have to try.

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  9. I've heard Eighty Three is a great movie but haven't got around to seeing it yet.

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  10. Hey Afshan.
    Thank you for visiting my blog.

    Even though I'm not a fan of cricket. I loved watching 83. And the scenes you point out as your favourite are my favourite too:)

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  11. I love your take on the movie. The success taste dialogue and the pregnant woman scene - I loved these too!
    See you around the A-Z challenge!
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  12. I really enjoyed the movie too. I was too little to remember anything from the original match, but watching this was like watching it live. We watched at a drive in theatre and twice it got so patriotic and i got so excited, I jumped out of the car to cheer!!! The overall casting and direction was good. hope we have many more such! Cricket truly is a religion, the only one that unites. Probably any sport for that matter.

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  13. I loved the movie. I have already watched it 3 times and I simply loved the guys who played Yashpal Sharma and Roger Binny (He was too good looking) ;D

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  14. Been meaning to watch this one! Thanks you for sharing this :)

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  15. I don't get Cricket, but I've never watched it enough to learn what's going on. I'd say that I don't know that a movie about this sport would interest me, but then a couple years ago I read a novel that revolved around cricket and I did like that book quite a lot.

    Arlee Bird
    Tossing It Out

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  16. have not seen the movie but I understand how sports bring people together.
    In Your Eye Thanks for visiting and commenting at We Shoot Crime

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  17. I've heard such great things about this movie.. but I just can't seem to relate! It feels like a different era! I know my parents want to watch it and so when they visit, I'll probably watch with them

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  18. I haven't seen or heard of this movie, but one of the local parks here on Saturdays and Sundays have men playing cricket. I have yet to stop and watch a game. I might have to sometime!

    betty

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  19. Very well said and perfectly executed...

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  20. I enjoyed reading this post because of what it tells about you, about your country and about cricket. I never enjoyed sports at school, least of all cricket, but it is fascinating to know the passion it inspires in some people...

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  21. That was once again a great review of the movie . Although I haven't watched it yet, it seems great 👍 🤩🤩Will be watching soon . The scenes you have mentioned really seem great .

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  22. One of my recent favorites. I second to those scenes as well. My favorites too and the last scene of celebrations.

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  23. Yet to watch the movie, planning to do with my kids. Do you know i was 2 yrs old when Kapils team won the world cup for India and my son was 2 years old when India won again ha ha

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  24. This one from movie is very uplifting - "Bachpan se meri mumma mujhe sirf ek hee cheez kehti aayi hai - Beta jeet ke aana, koi best of shest of luck nahi. Bas jeet ke aana"

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