And it's confirmed! Ranveer Singh will have Pankaj Tripathi as his coach in '83, directed by Kabir Khan. For the longest time now, there had been several speculations about Nawazuddin Siddiqui playing the lead. However, it has now been officially announced that Pankaj will be playing the part. Trade analyst Taran Aadarsh took to Twitter to announce the news. Here's what his tweet reads: "Pankaj Tripathi will play #ManSingh, manager of 1983 World Cup-winning cricket team, in #83TheFilm... Stars Ranveer Singh as #KapilDev... Directed by Kabir Khan... Presented by Reliance Entertainment... Produced by Madhu Mantena, Vishnu Induri, Kabir Khan... #CastOf83 #Relive83". Ranveer Singh's '83 Will Go on Floors on THIS Date.

Meanwhile, Ranveer, who's last film - Simmba was a box office hit, has already started prepping for the movie. He recently shared a picture on social media where he was seen having the net practice. He wrote that the 'glorious journey' has begun and left fans in the state of excitement. Check out Aadarsh's tweet here-

The movie is based on Indian cricket team's historic victory in the 1983 World Cup, revealed Kabir Khan in an interview earlier. The cast and crew will start principal shooting of the film in May this year in England. On when he will start shooting for '83', he said, "Our major schedule of four months in England will start from May this year and it will end on August. But before that, we will shoot small portions of the film in India." Ranveer Singh Starts Prepping for Kabir Khan's '83 - See Pic.

When asked if music is going to be important in his sports-drama '83', he said, "Music is important in every Hindi film. It will be an integral part of '83' as well. It's a sports film, so there will be motivational music. Pritam is composing music of the film." "We will not lip-sync songs because I don't think audience will accept Kapil Dev singing on the streets of London," he added. Anyway, coming back to the latest development, are you excited to see Pankaj Tripathi and Ranveer Singh on the big screen together?

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