Published 02:07 IST, February 13th 2020

Ammy Virk calls Ranveer Singh 'bada bhai', says 'he takes care of team like his brothers'

Punjabi actor and singer Ammy Virk will be essaying the role of former cricket legend Balwinder Singh Sandhu in Kabir Khan's upcoming sports drama film '83.

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Ammy Virk is gearing up for his big Bollywood debut in Kabir Khan directorial '83  which details story of Indian cricket team's iconic win in 1983 World Cup tournament. Punjabi actor and singer will essay role of former Indian ace bowler Balwinder Sandhu who had been instrumental in India's victory. actor spoke to an ncy about his experience of working with Padmaavat actor Ranveer Singh who will be leading pack of cricketers as 'Haryana Hurricane' Kapil Dev in Kabir Khan film.

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Ammy hailed Ranveer Singh as his 'bada bhai' (elder bror) while speaking about his experience of working with 'Ranveer paaji'. He shared that despite his stardom, Ranveer always took care of entire team like his little brors. Ammy Virk also revealed that signing film itself had been a dream come true for him since he had aspired to foray Bollywood since childhood.

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Muklawa actor will also feature in Abhishek Dudhaiya's upcoming war drama Bhuj: Pride Of India as an Air Force pilot along with actors Ajay Devgn, Ihana Dhillon and Sonakshi Sinha. Ammy claimed that he feels blessed to represent India in both of his upcoming films in Bollywood. actor has done a lot of successful Punjabi films in past and is currently busy with promotion of Sufna which is scheduled to release in atres on Valentine's Day.

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About ‘83

’83 is an upcoming sports biography directed by Kabir Khan. It stars Deepika Padukone, Pankaj Tripathi, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Adinath Kothare, Saqib Saleem, Dhairya Karwa, Sahil Khattar, Dinker Sharma, Chirag Patil, Harrdy Sandhu, and Ammy Virk. movie- ‘83 casts Ammy Virk as ace cricketer Balwinder Singh Sandhu.

plot of film revolves around Dev's journey of life as well as how he became captain of India national cricket team and won  1983 Cricket World Cup. ‘83 movie is produced by Khan, Vishnu Vardhan Induri, Madhu Mantena, Deepika Padukone, and Sajid Nadiadwala. film is expected to release in three langus including Hindi, Telugu and Tamil. ’83 movie is slated to release atres on April 10, 2020.

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02:07 IST, February 13th 2020