Filmmaker Kabir Khan wanted his ambitious sports drama, 83, to play out on the big screen, a fitting canvas for Team India’s victory at the 1983 cricket World Cup at Lord’s. Though the Ranveer Singh-starrer opened in theatres last December to much acclaim, its box-office performance was hampered by the third wave of the pandemic. For all those waiting to revisit one of the greatest milestones in Indian sports, there’s good news — the film is expected to drop on two OTT platforms simultaneously later this month. mid-day has learnt that Netflix has bagged the rights of the Hindi version, while Disney+ Hotstar will stream the Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam versions.

Last year, Thalaivii had a simultaneous release on Netflix and Amazon Prime Video