83 box office: Ranveer Singh starrer starts on a banging note, Here’s opening day collections

Filmmaker Kabir Khan directorial venture 83 has scored big on the opening day of the box office. The film was released on December 24 and the fans are mighty impressed with the biopic which is based on the chronicles of the legendary cricketer Kapil Dev. The film which is headlined by Ranveer Singh has collected Rs 12.64 crores at the box office on Day 1. Since it is the Christmas weekend, it is expected the numbers to raise and that will only add to the success of the film.

The film is currently running alongside the mammoth Marvel Cinematic Universe film, Spider-Man: No Way Home which is taking the audience by storm. 83 box office collections look promising and it is certain, the film will score big in the coming days.

 

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Bollywood Bubble gave 4 stars to 83. A part of the review read, “83 The Film is a story that connects irrespective of whether or not you enjoy cricket. It is a story that unites in a way nothing else does, just like it did in 1983. The sheer power of the game and what the 1983 World Cup win meant for India and the team, Kabir Khan has hit it out of the park and how! The achievement of the cricket team that brought India’s its first glory since Independence ought to be celebrated and Kabir has left no opportunity to stay true to that.”

Apart from Ranveer Singh who plays the titular role of Kapil Dev on the celluloid, it also stars Tahir Raj Bhasin as Sunil Gavaskar, Jatin Sarna as Yashpal Sharma, Saqib Saleem as Mohinder Amarnath, Dhairya Karwa as Ravi Shastri, Jiiva as Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Harrdy Sandhu as Madan Lal, Ammy Virk as Balwinder Sandhu, Sahil Khattar as Syed Kirmani, Chirag Patil as Sandeep Patil, Adinath Kothare as Dilip Vengsarkar, Dinker Sharma as Kirti Azad, Nishant Dahiya as Roger Binny and R Badree as Sunil Valson. Additionally, Pankaj Tripathi plays PR Man Singh, the team’s manager and Deepika Padukone as Kapil’s wife Romi Bhatia.

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