Mumbai: The Indian audiences were left with goosebumps after watching the first trailer of 83, the upcoming sports drama based on Team India’s underdog victory at the 1983 Cricket World Cup starring Ranveer Singh. The Singh-starrer features a plethora of actors, who’ll be portraying some of the biggest names in Indian cricket.
There will be a lot of things to watch out for when kabir khan directorial ’83’ will released in theatres later this month, one of the things being the Indian famous singer-turned-actor Hardy Sandhu’s Bollywood debut.
Hardavinder Sandhu, who is known to his fans as Hardy Sandhu, a former first-grade cricketer before he suffered an injury that put his cricketing career to an abrupt halt. Sandhu, who made his Test debut alongside Dhawan, Manoj Tiwary, Robin Uthappa in 2004 was also a part of the Indian Squad in 2004 Under 19 World Cup squad alongside Shikhar Dhawan, Suresh Raina, Dinesh Karthik who are established Indian cricketers now.
“I played for around 10 years. I have played for the U-19 cricket team with Shikhar Dhawan. He was my roommate, and I have also played with Cheteshwar Pujara and Ishant Sharma. But in 2006, I had an elbow injury. I was a fast bowler and the injury was on my right arm,” Harrdy was quoted saying to PTI.
Sandhu is all set to make his acting debut in Bollywood through this film as he will be seen playing the role of all-rounder Madan Lal. The 35-year-old has already made a name for himself in the music industry in Punjab and the rest of India. The fans are super excited to see the Bollywood singer on the silver screen.
“During that time (when he went to Australia), IPL had started and all those who were junior to me, unka bhi selection ho gaya (they were selected). I felt really bad. I could have easily played in IPL,” he continued.
Sandhu did return to India to give his cricket career a kick-start once again, the injury didn’t allow him to do so. He subsequently decided to give singing a shot. “I started training and got back into the team playing the Ranji Trophy. But three days before the match, I received the same injury,” he added.
“In 2010, I started learning music again and continued learning till 2011. I finally came up with my first album in 2012. Sometimes I do regret not being able to play for India because my coaches also felt that I could play for India. I had the potential, but it was all destiny,” he concluded.
