Ranveer Singh, not Arjun Kapoor, will play Kapil Dev in World Cup 1983

Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor might be
the best of friends beyond the screen, but
they are rivals when it comes to a good
role. Earlier, there were reports that Arjun
Kapoor would play Kapil Dev in a film based
on India's unexpected victory at the cricket
world cup in 1983. Now it's being said that
Arjun has been replaced by Ranveer.
Kabir Khan of Bajrangi Bahijaan fame is
expected to direct the film. He reportedly
met Singh for a long chat over the
weekend.
The film will be written by National Award-
winning director Sanjay Puran Singh
Chauhan. It'll be co-produced by Phantom
Films and the founder and managing
director of the Celebrity Cricket League (CCL),
Vishnu Vardhan Induri.
Ranveer is currently gearing up for the
release of Sanjay Leela Bhansali's period
drama Padmavati in which he is playing
Alauddin Khilji. The film is expected to be a
love story between Deepika Padukone's
Rani Padmavati and Shahid Kapoor's Rawal
Ratan Singh.
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The film became controversial when a
Rajput outfit called Karni Sena started
protesting against the factual inaccuracies
in the film. Later, the film's set was
vandalised by the activists of Karni Sena in
Jaipur and Kolhapur, Maharashtra.

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