It was a fine 25th June morning in 1983 when the underdogs, team India, found themselves facing the 2 time defending champions, West Indies, at The Mecca of Cricket, Lords, for the world cup final.  Everyone was excited to witness what promised to be a most intresting contest. 

The first innings came and went and yet the promised excitement was not to be seen; India got bowled out for 183 and it looked as though west Indies were going to be third time champions. The second innings began with a confident west Indies and an apparently scuffed up Indian side. But before we knew it, the tables had turned. India bolwed West Indies out for 140 to win thier maiden world cup title: a feat unforseen by anyone. It was a glorious evening; Indians all over the world rejoiced. The global Cricket community were stunned: the underdogs had won, the champions were beaten.

Fast forward to 34 years later, when Ranveer Singh took to instagram to announce the making of the movie "83", slated for an April 2020 release. However, as we all know, the Covid-19 pandemic meant the realese date was pushed to 2021. On 20th February it was declared that the movie was to be released on 4th June, 2021, mere 3 week before the anniversary of our '83 world cup win. 

So can we please have the movie release on the 38th anniversary of our historic world cup win, instead of 4th June? Let's commemorate our heroes with a movie they deserve... let's watch 83, the movie, on the big screens on 25th June, 2021 !