Tahir is ‘very confident’ that Kabir’s film will be a success

Rishabh Suri

This year seems to be a busy one for actor Tahir Raj Bhasin, with two releases in the offing — Looop Lapeta with Taapsee Pannu and the much-anticipated ’83, based on the 1983 cricket World Cup win for India. Talking about getting back to work after the lockdown, Bhasin says, “It was incredible to be back on set. One of the things that kept me afloat during that period is the silver lining. We were meant to shoot Looop Lapeta in May-june 2020. We were one week away from going into schedule. The first time Taapsee and I were going to meet, Mumbai went into lockdown, and it got extended more and more. When you have lived with something for six months, the script and the part, when you execute it, there’s a tremendous feeling of creative satisfaction.” The 33-year-old, who has done films such as Mardaani (2014) and Chhichhore (2019), adds that work didn’t stop even when shoots were not taking place. “The exchange of ideas was happening on video calls ‘this is how we will play’, costumes…,” says the actor. What also made headlines was the delay in the release of ’83. Initially, it was pushed to December 2020, before finally settling for 2021. Bhasin says he is “very confident” that Kabir Khan (director, co-producer) has a winner on his hand. Asked whether he was apprehensive about the fate of the film, he says, “What’s great about it is that it is a period film, and a concept everyone is aware of. It’s not that the film will start looking old whether it comes in January or a few months later. ’83 was an experience for me... We all moved to UK for 3.5 months. A film made on this scale, we were fortunate that it was made then; it would be very difficult in today’s time (considering the pandemic).”

What’s great it is about ’83 is that is concept everyone a not that the aware of. It’s looking old film will start in whether it comes few January or a months later.