Ranveer Singh’s Similarity To Kapil Dev Shocked The Latter’s Daughter, Reveals ’83 Director Kabir Khan!

Ranveer Singh shared his first look as cricketer Kapil Dev, who he will play in Kabir Khan’s ’83, on his birthday! The first thing that struck probably all of us was the similarity between the actor and the cricketer. Ranveer looked almost like a split image of Kapil Dev when he was of his age. In fact, even though similarity in looks can be achieved with prosthetics, it was understandable that not much of that was used either!

Well, director Kabir Khan talked about this similarity in a recent interview with Mumbai Mirror. Talking about this, he said that even Kapil Dev’s daughter, Amiya, who assisted him in the film, had been left awestruck. Kabir said,

“Look, for me, it was never a lookalike contest. For every character, I cast a person who matched the persona of the original. In the last few films, Ranveer’s lived his roles. It’s a rare gift he has, along with the effort he puts in. Even in our film, after 10 minutes you’ll forget it’s Ranveer on screen. With visual effects and prosthetics, I could have made him a replica of Kapil sir. But at the end of the day, it wasn’t about the look but whether he was convincing playing a cricketer through 45 days. At times, even Kapil sir’s daughter Amiya who is an AD on the film, would find it eerie. Even the rest of the boys trained in the sport for a year and for the squads of other countries, we roped in real cricketers because the game was top priority.”

Well, this is sure to make us even more excited for the film, isn’t it?