83

#199

What a movie! Brilliant screenplay. 

Everybody played their part superbly in recreating this historic moment in Indian cricket. What I enjoyed even more is the audience clapping and cheering for well-played shots, and even clapping during the end credits when pictures of the actual match and post-match moments were shown.

Post the movie, it was interesting to scour YouTube and watch the cricketers relive the moments shown in the movie and how most of them actually happened, some of which turned out to be funny or iconic. For instance, when Kapil Dev said that he placed fielders ‘there, there and there’ and Balvinder Singh Sandhu has absolutely no idea what his captain is talking about and asks ‘where, where and where’. Or when Madan Lal urges Kapil Dev to let him bowl for just one more over when Viv Richards is batting and the captain is hesitant at first but ends up giving it to him. And the rest is history.

The past few movies I’ve watched in the theatre (83, Maanaadu, Spiderman: No Way Home, Doctor) have all turned out to be pretty good. Now I’m back to staying safe at home and catching up on the Marvel movies I haven’t yet watched, such as Ant-Man and Shang-chi.