Overwhelmed With The Success Of '83', Ranveer Singh Breaks Down During An Interview

From 'Band Baaja Baraat' to '83', actor Ranveer Singh's journey is phenomenal. The actor carved a niche by doing period films like Bajirao Mastani and Padmavat and established himself as a credible performer.

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Fans were bowled over with his versatility in Lootera. Is there anything the actor can't do?

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With 83, his transformation as Cricket Legend Kapil Dev, he has received a lot of love and praise.

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Considering how the response makes him overwhelmed, he talked about his journey with Bollywood Hungama when he got emotional.

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Reinstating that he doesn't like to cry in public, Ranveer Singh said with the kind of response he's getting for 83, and he has no other option.

In the interview, he was quoted as saying,

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¡°The love that is coming my way, I am overwhelmed. It¡¯s a miracle that I became an actor¡­.¡±

When he was further asked why he thinks that, Ranveer added,

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"Look at the fact; what chances did I have at succeeding?¡±

After wiping away his tears, he explained how he is at the loss of words after appreciation poured in for him from several people, including those he hadn¡¯t spoken to since he was a struggling actor.

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Ranveer added that because of the constant messages he has been receiving, his phone has been running out of battery thrice a day. Ranveer said,

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¡°This is another level, and I know that this won't always happen."

He said that if someone had told him a decade ago that this was the kind of reaction he¡¯d get for playing Kapil Dev in a film, it would have sounded ¡®fanciful.¡¯

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Based on Team India¡¯s glorious victory at the 1983 cricket World Cup, 83 has been directed by Kabir Khan.

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83 boasts of a credible and talented ensemble cast including Pankaj Tripathi as manager of the team PR Man Singh, Tahir Raj Bhasin as Sunil Gavaskar, Jiiva as Krishnamachari Srikkanth, Saqib Saleem as Mohinder Amarnath, Jatin Sarna as Yashpal Sharma, Chirag Patil as Sandeep Patil, Harrdy Sandhu as Madan Lal, Sahil Khattar as Syed Kirmani, Ammy Virk as Balwinder Sandhu, Adinath Kothare as Dilip Vengsarkar, Dhairya Karwa as Ravi Shastri, R Badree as Sunil Valson, Dinker Sharma as Kirti Azad, Nishant Dahiya as Roger Binny and Boman Irani as Farokh Engineer among others.

The movie has made over Rs 50 crore at the box office, but since the government has imposed new restrictions on theatres due to COVID-19 cases, these numbers are bound to fluctuate.

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