The Indian cricket legend, Kapil Dev Ramlal Nikhanj, better known as Kapil Dev, was born on 6 January 1959. He had played a pivotal role in Indian cricket history. It was on June 25, 1983, when Kapil Dev had lifted every cricketer's dream trophy, ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy, for the first time on behalf of India. The win was iconic in itself because Kapil's team had beaten the fierce West Indies team in the final at the Lord's stadium by 43 runs.
Kapil Dev is recently in the news due to the most-awaited film of 2021, 83, based on the Indian cricket team's triumph at the 1983 World Cup. The film was released in theatres on December 24, 2021. The movie stars Ranveer Singh as Kapil Dev, Deepika Padukone as Romi Bhatia, Hardy Sandhu as Madan Lal, Tahir Bhasin as Sunil Gavaskar, and the list goes on. For the unversed, talking about Kapil Dev's personal life, he had gotten married to his longtime girlfriend, Romi Bhatia, in 1980 and had welcomed a beautiful daughter in their lives in 1996, whom they have lovingly named Amiya Dev.
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To mark Kapil Dev’s 63rd birthday, actress Neha Dhupia shared a series of pictures with him on her Instagram handle. In the candid pictures, the actress was seen having a gala time along with her husband, Angad Bedi and their daughter, Mehr at Kapil's residence. meeting with Kapil Dev and Romi Bhatia along with her husband, Angad Bedi, and daughter, Mehr Dhupia Bedi, is seen having a wonderful time together. Neha also revealed how the former Indian cricketer kept their daughter Mehr entertained and penned:
“#happybirthday sir @therealkapildev here’s to a year filled with happiness, having conversations over croissants and you showing our baby girl more videoes of your cute little cat…we love you”
Angad Bedi's cricketer father Bishan Singh Bedi was former Indian Cricket Team Caption, Kapil Dev's close friend. Pictures from Neha Dhupia and Angad Bedi's visit to Kapil Dev and his wife Romi Dev's home, show how the former cricketer kept Mehr entertained all the time. In one of the pictures, Neha Dhupia’s daughter, Mehr is seen standing on a chair and whispering something to Kapil Dev’s ears.
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On January 4, 2022, Neha had taken to her Instagram stories and had shared a super cute photo. In the photo, Neha and Angad had been seen vacationing in Goa with their kids. In the picture, we had seen Neha's adorable baby boy's tiny feet. Atop it, Neha had written:
"#myview."
In November 2021, Kapil Dev had also appeared on Neha Dhupia’s radio show, No Filter Neha, where Kapil Dev had shared various details from his life. He had talked about how Romi’s father and grandfather have reacted about his career as a cricketer, while he went for proposing Romi to marry. He had said:
“Jab my father-in-law talked to his father ki ladki ke sath yeh ladka hai, kehte kya karta hai, kehte cricket khelta hai, who toh thik hai par karta kya hai. Who puche ja rahe hai, old man must be 90 years old.”
Here's wishing a very happy birthday to Kapil Dev!
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