Kapil Dev's Iconic 'Nataraj Shot' Recreated by Ranveer Singh, Earns Praise on Social Media

Mumbai, November 11, 2019:

Kapil Dev, the iconic cricketer who led India to its maiden World Cup win 1983, has hit the 22-yards again. Ranveer Singh, who plays the icon in Kabir Khan's directorial film 83, took to social media to share a new picture showing him as the legendary cricketer, Kapil Dev. In the picture, Ranveer Singh is seen replicating the iconic Natraj shot of the former Indian cricket team captain.

Sharing the picture, Ranveer Singh wrote, "NATRAJ SHOT #RanveerAsKapil @therealkapildev (sic)."

Director Kabir Khan also took to Instagram to share the photograph and wrote, "The match that was never televised... a world record innings that India never saw... this April the world will see how history was made on that cold windy day in Tunbridge Wells... #RanveerAsKapil (sic)."

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Ranveer's picture has got a thumbs up from Kapil Dev himself. The legendary cricketer retweeted Ranveer's post and wrote, "Hats off, Ranveer."

'83 chronicles Indian cricket team's win at 1983 World Cup. The film stars Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev. Earlier, the actor had shared several pictures of himself as the cricketer. The resemblance of the actor with the former captain is applause-worthy.

The film also stars Deepika Padukone, Saqib Saleem, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Hardy Sandhu, Jiiva, Ammy Virk, Pankaj Tripathi, Boman Irani, Jatin Sarna and Chirag Patil, among others. The shooting of the film began in London in May this year. Before that, the actors prepared for their roles under experts' supervision in Dharamshala, Himachal Pradesh.

For his role as Kapil Dev, Ranveer Singh lived with the legendary cricketer at his home in Delhi. In an earlier interview, when Ranveer was asked about how did he feel when he got to know about the offer, he said, "I was born at the time when cricket was big time. When Kabir Sahab (director Kabir Khan) had come to me and said that there will be a film on 83, I was like finally. And when he was narrating it to me, I was like woooh. It is not a story just about cricket but a human story."

83 is slated to hit the screens on April 2020.

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