Will Kapil Dev Biopic Beat DangalIn recent times, biopics have found a way into our hearts and into the Indian cinema, perhaps a little too much. With films like Neerja, Mary Kom, MS Dhoni: The Untold Story, and the most successful one, Dangal, biopics are the new trend in the film world. Continuing the legendary cricketers-based biopics trend, there will be another one featuring actor Ranveer Singh and will be directed by Kabir Khan.

This movie will be about the renowned cricketer Kapil Dev and will include his other teammates at the time of the 1983 world cup, such as Kapil Dev, Mohinder Amarnath, Dilip Vengsarkar, Sandeep Patil, Krishnamachari Srikkanth, and SS Madanlal. The film aims to re-enact Indian Cricket team’s memorable win against West Indies in the Cricket World Cup of ’83 and the release date for the movie has already been announced. The film titled ‘83, which will be produced by Reliance Entertainment will release on 5th April in 2019.

However, in this era of biopics where most of them failed to make an impression, like Sachin and Azhar, will this film go the way of Dangal and Neerja? However, Kabir Khan and many others may argue that the recreation of the Indian Cricket team’s iconic win at the world cup is something that many will look forward to. Hence there are a lot of expectations from this film.

With popular and successful actor Ranveer Singh in the lead and an interesting storyline, there is a debate going on that whether the film will beat Aamir Khan starrer ‘Dangal’, which has set a record for Bollywood films. Dangal garnered more than 2000 crores in India itself and did amazingly well internationally too, especially in China where it grossed 1200 crores. Currently, there are plenty of biopics in the works including films based on PV Sindhu, Sanjay Dutt, Kishore Kumar, Saina Nehwal, etc. We just have to wait to see which one beats ‘Dangal’. It’s a tough record to break