Review of 1983

1983 (2014)
7/10
1983: a movie every cricket fan would enjoy
22 March 2014
Warning: Spoilers
The movie begins with the iconic speech of retirement by the greatest Indian cricketer Sachin, although you know its the story of a cricket you surely starts expecting a good sporty entertainer and the movie never falls short of that. movie unfolds the story of a cricket frenzy guy from rural Kerala who like many Indian youngsters has their leisure time spent on cricket with group of local guys. the talents of whom never comes out of the rural circles. the movie reminds of the small cricket tournaments guys plays in weekends . meanwhile the Nivin Paulys's character is supported by his cricket team friends who similar to him has failed to make it big in their lives. movie unfolds the story with important events in Indian cricket . Nivin Pauly's performance is excellent and the supporting artists also justified their part with ease. the movie has a bunch of next generation artists whose performances shows that Malayalam movie industry has lot of talented character artists in store for future.the movie is captivating and never goes below par, the screenplay is also up to the mark.the perfection in the cricket scenes shows that the director had good done good home work before getting in to the movie. the characters looks, costumes and location also has been well improvised. actor Anoop Menon also plays his part with ease.the movie is just like a true story of a generation of cricket lovers and backyard cricketers whose talents never reached the top 11. the story spans the journey of Indian cricket from major city guys to lads of small towns. its just nostalgic for the generation and almost everyone who had played cricket in their backyard would love to revisit the movie. and for non lovers of cricket its the tale of living your passion throughout your life.... you can still enjoy the love life of Nivin Paulys' character and the final thing is it entertaining....yes it is....and everyone in India knows who's Sachin.
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