Published 20:29 IST, October 11th 2019

'83: Rajiv Mehra says Ranveer's team looks exactly like Kapil Dev's

'83 in an upcoming film of Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh. The film is about the victory of the Indian cricket team. The coach of the team shares the detail

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Ever since makers anunced about film '83 and Ranveer Singh's role in film as former all-rounder Indian cricketer Kapil Dev, fans of actor have been er to see him on big screen. first challenge an actor faces while doing a biopic is to portray character in most relatable way possible. Fitness consultant Rajiv Mehra recently shared details of cast's transformation with a leing news portal in an interview. He revealed that actors look exactly like 1983 World Cup Squ. 

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Rajiv was also an assistant to Balwinder Sandhu, who was a part of Indian cricket team which won World Cup in 1983. While sharing details, he mentioned that giving actors right techniques to pull off ir characters as cricketers was his responsibility. He said that training session for actors started last year in August, and le actor Ranveer Singh joined sessions from October. ding to conversation, he also mentioned that Ranveer was 11 kg overweight for his character before training.

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Talking about biggest challenge while training m, Rajiv explained that it was to take cast into skin of ir characters and to make m think like players. actors went through sprinting and body langu sessions followed by basics batting and bowling sessions. Expressing his experience, he said that it me him feel as if he was training kids. While conversation, he ded that outcome of se training resulted in perfect replica of ir thought and according to him that is most USP (Unique Selling Point) of film.

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Details of film

reel squ of '83 includes Ranveer Singh, Harrdy Sandhu, Tahir Raj Basin, Saqib Saleem, Ammy Virk, Jiiva, Sahil Khattar, Dhariya Karwa, Dinker Sharma, Jatin Sarna, Nishant Dahiya, and R.Bree. Deepika will be seen playing Kapil Dev's wife Romi Dev's character in film. Boman Irani will also be seen as playing a pivotal role in film. plot of film will revolve around victory of Indian cricket team in World Cup 1983. '83 will hit atres on April 10, 2020. Recently, team anunced wrap of film and leing ly of film Deepika Pukone even hosted a wrap-up party.

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15:42 IST, October 11th 2019