Saqib Saleem dishes praise on 83 co-star Ranveer Singh calls him one of the 'nicest' stars

Actor Saqib Saleem, who will next be seen onscreen in 83, can’t stop gushing about film’s superstar hero Ranveer Singh. Kabir Khan’s 83 is about India’s first-ever World Cup victory of 1983.

Ranveer plays Kapil Dev, who captained India, while Saqib essays Mohinder Amarnath, vice-captain of underdog team that went on to become world champions that year. Amarnath, who was popularly kwn as Jimmy to teammates, was a close friend of Kapil.

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Asked how his equation with Ranveer was while playing real-life buddy cricketers, Saqib said: “Ranveer is such an easy guy that we didn’t have to work on it. It just came so naturally because he is just a loving and open guy. He comes to you with arms open to hug you all time, so he is that warm guy. I don’t think we had to work on that equation at all.”

Saqib added: “He made it very easy. I have to give him credit where it is due that he is one of nicest and most co-operative co-stars anybody can work with. He is t only a good actor but he makes sure that or actor also gives his 200 per cent. He always used to discuss scenes with or actors. So, he is very much alive in every scene and it really helped me while working with him.”

Saqib interacted extensively with Jimmy Amarnath while preparing for his role. “I used to irritate him a lot. I have had long chats with him. When we were training in Dharamshala for 10 days so, Jimmy sir was re for a week. I would have one-on-one interactions with him from six in morning till whenever he wanted to sleep. I could ask him any and everything under sun,” actor recalled, while interacting with media after having a cricket chat session in women’s day week in Mumbai.

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Apart from 83, Saqib is also working in Apoorva Lakhia’s spy thriller web series Raftaar along with Shreya Pilgaonkar. “Right w, show has t been anunced, so we should wait for official anuncement. That (Raftaar) is t name of series. It has a new title. We should wait for it,” he said.

83 also features Deepika Padukone plays Kapil’s wife Romi. Tahir Raj Bhasin is cast as Sunil Gavaskar while film also features Harrdy Sandhu, Ammy Virk, Pankaj Tripathi, Boman Irani, Nishant Dahiya, Jiiva and Sahil Khattar in or important roles. film is jointly produced by Kabir Khan, Phantom Films, Deepika Padukone, Sajid Nadiadwala and Vishnu Vardhan Induri, and co-distributed by Reliance Entertainment.

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