’83: Ranveer Singh-Kabir Khan Introduce Dhairya Karwa as ‘Baby-Face Assassin’ Ravi Shastri in New Poster

'83 makers treat fans to Dhairya Karwa's first look as Kapil Dev's 'youngest gun amongst the Devils', Ravi Shastri. Poster goes viral

Published: January 22, 2020 12:03 PM IST

By India.com Entertainment Desk | Edited by Zarafshan Shiraz

Ranveer Singh unveils Dhairya Karwa's first look as Ravi Shastri from Kabir Khan-directorial '83
Ranveer Singh unveils Dhairya Karwa's first look as Ravi Shastri from Kabir Khan-directorial '83 (Photo Courtesy: Instagram/@ranveersingh)

Lifting the curtains off another player from Kabir Khan‘s playing 11 in ’83, lead actor Ranveer Singh introduced Dhairya Karwa as Kapil Dev’s “youngest gun amongst the Devils”, Ravi Shastri. Treating fans to the Uri fame actor’s first look as the “‘baby-face assassin”, Ranveer set the new poster trending viral.

Taking to their respective Instagram handles, Ranveer and Kabir dropped Dhairya’s first look. While Kabir presented him as, “The youngest player in the team. Presenting the flamboyant devil, #RaviShastri! #ThisIs83 (sic),” Ranveer introduced him as, “BABYFACE ASSASSIN!!! The youngest gun amongst the Devils…Presenting @dhairya275, the flamboyant all-rounder @ravishastriofficial ! #ThisIs83 (sic).” Dhairya himself gushed, “Playing this legend’s role has been an unforgettable experience. What an honour and privilege. Forever Grateful Presenting Mr. Flamboyant, @ravishastriofficial #RaviShastri #ThisIs83 (sic).”

So far, ten posters of ’83 have been released in total. They introduced Chika aka K Srikkanth of Kapil Dev’s devil played by Jiiva, Tahir Raj Bhasin who plays India’s Little Master, Sunil Gavaskar, Saqib Saleem as Mohinder ‘Jimmy’ Amarnath, Jatin Sarna as the ‘fearless batsman who could single-handedly change the game for India’ aka Yashpal Sharma, Chirag Patil who plays his father and ‘Mumbai ka Sandstorm’, Sandeep Patil, Dinker Sharma as Kirti Azad, Nishant Dahhiya’s as ‘all-rounder devil’ Roger Binny, Harrdy Sandhu as the dynamic Madan Lal, Sahil Khattar’s first look as wicketkeeper Syed Kirmani, Ammy Virk as “Ballu Paaji” Balwinder Singh Sandhu and Addinath Kothare as ‘the colonel’ Dilip Vengsarkar of Kabir Khan‘s playing 11 in ’83.

’83 is a film based on India’s first World Cup win and gives life to all those moments that remain history. It was in 1983 that Indian cricket captain Kapil Dev had led the team to lift the World Cup trophy by defeating the champion team West Indies. There’s a lot of buzz around the film because, for many who were not even born then to experience that moment, ’83 movie is like history repeating itself for them to cherish.

In ’83, Khan made sure to rope in people who were associated with the cricket from the very beginning. Therefore, the sons of the cricketers who played the World Cup tournament in 1983 were cast. The director revealed that many cricket legends were present at the stadium during the shooting of the winning scene. One of them was Clive Lloyd, the captain of the ’83 West Indies team, who had arrived to support his son who was playing his (Clive’s) role in the film. However, when the trophy scene was being shot, he refused to come closer saying he didn’t want to see the cup being taken away for the second time in his life.

Starring Ranveer Singh, Deepika Padukone, Boman Irani, Saqib Saleem, Adinath Kothare, Chirag Patil, Harddy Sandhu, Ammy Virk, Jatin Sarna, Pankaj Tripathi, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Dinker Sharma, Jiiva, Sahil Khattar, Dhairya Karwa, Nishant Dahhiya and R. Badree, the film is slated to hit the screens on April 10, 2020.

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