’83 Exclusive: THIS is all it took Kabir Khan to have Deepika Padukone agree for her role opposite Ranveer Singh | Bollywood Life

Recently, when BollywoodLife sat down for an exclusive interview with Director Kabir Khan, Deepika Padukone’s casting for ’83 was one of the subjects that cropped up

We had recently met Deepika Padukone, who had exclusively told us that she had only come aboard ’83 — headed by her husband, Ranveer Singh, in the role of Kapil Dev — after hearing the script because it was important for her to show the contribution of Romi Dev (Kapil’s wife), the contribution of family toward the success of a sportsperson (the support of her family toward the mercurial success of her father and ace badminton player, Prakash Padukone, no doubt being a huge influence). The length of her role (the actress confirmed it to us that she had an extended guest appearance in the movie) not being holding any relevance toward her decision whatsoever.

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