Before we say anything about 83 as a movie, we need to talk about the actual World Cup of 1983, and how much it actually mattered. The Indian cricket team, having underachieved in both the previous editions of the newly formed Cricket World Cup in 1975 and 1979, instilled little faith in its supporters. And the heavyweights of the cricketing world - West Indies - had won both the previous editions of the World Cup without losing a single match, and were the favourites to win in 1983 as well.
The West Indies team had its formidable openers, Sir Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes....