'83' movie review: Kabir Khan manages to capture all the moments of the historic victory

When Team India came for the Cricket World Cup in 1983, no one believed in him. Rather, Kapil Dev's scintillating 175 not out against Zimbabwe in a group stage match that helped India stay in the tournament was not considered even by the BBC to cover. Kabir Khan's film '83', once again brings alive many such wonderful moments of India's historic victory on screen.

Everyone loves an underdog story, and the 1983 victory is the perfect script for that. India of 1983 was very different from today. Then there were no deals worth crores like today or BCCI was not the richest cricket board in the world like today. Then, cricketers were fighting for themselves and their game. This was a crew that had never won a World Cup match before. No one expected that he would be able to win.

In his film, Kabir Khan has tried to capture all the moments of this historic victory, that's why this victory meant so much. The feeling of victory and pride brought the entire nation together, and in cheering Team India, all other differences of people seemed to be dispelled.