Ranveer Singh’s 83 to release on Christmas 2020, Akshay Kumar’s Sooryavanshi to release next year

After much speculation and delays, release dates of two big films - ‘Sooryavanshi’ and ‘83’ - have been confirmed. As per a Mumbai Mirror report, ‘Sooryavanshi’ might release between January and March 2021 while ‘83’ will be a Christmas 2020 release. The release dates of both the film were pushed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Confirming the development, Shibhasish Sarkar, CEO, Reliance Entertainment, told the daily, "We definitely don’t want to change the date of ‘83’ for ‘Sooryavanshi’. The sports drama is still slated to release on Christmas. We have to decide on the new date of Sooryavanshi with the director and actor, but the film should release between January and March."

83’, directed by Kabir Khan, is based on India’s victory in the 1983 Cricket World Cup. Ranveer plays Kapil Dev in the film. His actress wife Deepika Padukone is also part of the project. It boasts of a massive star cast which has come together to step into the shoes of Kapil’s teammates including Mohinder Amarnath and Balwinder Sandhu. Rohit Shetty’s Sooryavanshi is the fourth instalment in his cop universe of films, preceded by Singham, Singham Returns and Simmba. It stars Akshay Kumar with Katrina Kaif is lead roles and has cameos from Ranveer Singh and Ajay Devgn.