I saw myself rooting for every member of that historic team: Karan Johar praises 83 team

As Kabir Khan’s 83 is all set to hit the screens tomorrow Bollywood actors Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone are gearing up for the release.

Recently, the makers of the film had organised a special screening for Bollywood celebrities. While filmmaker Karan Johar made heads turn with his stylish avatar as he appeared for the screening.

After the screening, the Kjo took to his Instagram handle to shower praise on Ranveer, Kabir and the entire '83 team. 

He wrote, 

''It’s not easy to tell a true story … an actual account of a milestone event in Indian Sport History! There is no room for cinematic licenses and distortion of facts for dramatic impact… which is exactly why #83thefilm is such a monumental achievement …. It sucks you into that year… that World Cup , that team , that political climate , that mad fandom frenzy… I saw myself rooting for every member of that historic team… Laughing and crying with each one of them … I saw myself rooting for Kabir Khan and his maestro ability of storytelling…. Taking an arduous task and perfecting it like a mega methodical master! Salute! I saw myself believing that @ranveersingh had transformed into the Legend Kapil Dev with the ease and genius of a bonafide veteran! He is so so good that’s it’s almost unbelievable at so many points! Restrain and power all at once! He has hit it out of the stadium! My hugest congratulations to the entire cast, crew and all the proud producers of this magnificent movie!''

As soon as he shared the post, Ranveer Singh wrote, ''Oh K I love you followed by red heart emoji.

 Kabir commented, ''Thank you @karanjohar I got teary reading this…''

'83 also features Deepika as Romi Dev. Apart from them, the film also stars Pankaj Tripathi, Tahir Raj Bhasin, Jiiva, Saqib Saleem, Jatin Sarna, Chirag Patil, Dinker Sharma, Nishant Dahiya, Harrdy Sandhu, Sahil Khattar, Ammy Virk, Adinath Kothare, Dhairya Karwa and R Badree.