Please click on the images for glimpses of the incomparable Kapil Dev -- inarguably, the finest all-rounder Indian cricket has produced -- promoting Kabir Khan's '83, based on the glorious campaign in June 198 when India stunned the cricketing world and won the World Cup.
IMAGE: Kapil Paaji speaks at an event to promote '83, which releases in theatres on December 24. All photographs: PTI Photo
IMAGE: Ranveer Singh plays Kapil Dev and from the photographs we have seen so far has got the great man's distinctive bowling and batting styles pitch perfect.
IMAGE: June 25, 1983 -- when Kapil Dev's team defeated Clive Lloyd's mighty West Indies side, twice winners of the World Cup -- changed Indian cricket forever. India last won the World Cup on April 2, 2011. Time to win another one, folks!
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