All Stories for 1983 World Cup Team
83 movie review: Team Kabir Khan and Ranveer Singh bring the Cup home … again
Annavetticad • 1 year ago83 is a stirring reminder of a time when pride in a national team’s achievement united India and national pride had not yet been weaponised by the mob.
In defense of 83: Why Kabir Khan's cricket drama is as pan-India a film as there can be one
Devanshsharma • 2 years agoWhat is a 'pan-Indian' film? Full of VFX and action? In that case, yes 83 did not have tacky slow-mo sequences or bodies getting pummeled by the hero, but the action on the field was poetry and the world-building authentic.
Why 83 underperformed at the box office: More docudrama than masala, high ticket prices, no youth connect, third wave
Subhash • 2 years ago"Winning the '83 World Cup is a fond memory for all but again, the youth couldn't connect nor relate to the film. And the youth constitutes a majority of our box-office tickets": trade analysts and film experts weight in on 83's box office.
Dishonesty in Kabir Khan's 83 stems from its desperate need to cater to cricket fans of the 'Virat Kohli era'
Tatsam Mukherjee • 2 years ago83 seems to be made with such retrospective wisdom that it is the most damning quality of the film. It never fully embraces how these were just 14 clueless men with noble intentions.
Kapil's Devils' Day of Glory: Read a comic on Team India's historic 1983 Cricket World Cup win
Austin Coutinho • 3 years agoOn 25 June 1983, the Indian cricket team led by captain Kapil Dev faced off against West Indies at Lord's, for the final of the Prudential Cup. That match marked India's first-ever Cricket World Cup win. On its 37th anniversary, sports writer and caricaturist Austin Coutinho looks back on the highlights of India's victory.