During the FC Front Row with Prithviraj Sukumaran, the actor defined how the titular character in a biopic is performed in a different way relying upon the story. Talking about Ranveer Singh’s 2021 movie 83, biopic on Cricketer and Former Indian captain Kapil Dev, the actor analysed Singh’s efficiency within the movie and referred to as it a ‘brilliant job’.
“When you do a 1983 [movie], when Ranveer [Singh] did Kapil, I think he was very intelligent about it. I have seen remarks about Ranveer’s performance being an imitation in terms of his body language, I don’t think there was any other way to play it,” Sukumaran mentioned whereas in dialog with Anupama Chopra.
“I think Ranveer did a brilliant job because we we all know Kapil Dev sir, we all know how he speaks, we all know his bowling actions, we all know how he bats, we all know the man, we all know how his hair looks like, so if Ranveer had decided to bring his own interpretation of who Kapil Dev is it would have been a problem,” the actor concluded.
83 is directed by Kabir Khan and in addition starred Deepika Padukone, who performed Dev’s spouse Romi Dev’s character onscreen. The movie additionally stars Pankaj Tripathi, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Saqib Salem amongst others.
Meanwhile, Sukumaran will subsequent be seen in The Goat Life directed by Blessy and music consists by A. R Rahman. The movie is scheduled to launch in theatres on March 28.
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