The film started its shoot in May 2013 in Ernakulam, produced by Shamsudheen under the banner of Shams films. Chembil Ashokan as Tea Shop Owner (cameo appearance).Priyanka as Beautician (cameo appearance).Arun as Manjula's Husband (cameo appearance).Ambika Mohan as Manjula's Mother (cameo appearance).Nandhana Varma as Young Manjula Sasidharan.Jacob Gregory as Sachin (extended cameo).Joy Mathew as Gopi Aashaan, father of Rameshan.Nikki Galrani as Manjula Sasidharan, ex-lover of Rameshan.Srinda Arhaan as Susheela, wife of Rameshan.Bhagath Abrid as Kannan, Son of Rameshan.Anoop Menon as Vijay Menon, cricket coach.The movie ends with Rameshan talking about wanting to see his son wearing India's jersey. Like how he loved the cricket now his son also loves cricket.

After many ups and downs, Kannan gets selected for the Under-14 district team. At the end, Rameshan, with the help of his father, makes a bowling machine to help his son play pace. Rameshan's father and son play a vital role in his life and eventually his father gives him his support to pursue his love for cricket. But he fails to get the selection as the ball strikes on the back tail and he gets injured. But Kannan could get the selection in order to join the academy.

For a better future for Kannan, Vijay advises Rameshan to join the cricket academy of his friend. After some days unfortunately Vijay wants to go to Chennai, as he was called by his senior coach Chandrakant and he wants Vijay to be with him to take responsibility of his cricket coaching club. His wife helps him against his mother's wishes. Rameshan faces many financial problems to support his son's coaching. He takes his son to a former state cricket player Vijay Menon's sports academy. Rameshan wants his son to become a cricketer. Rameshan still plays cricket and starts coaching his son. Rameshan is blessed with his son, Kannan, who shows an interest in cricket at a very young age. His wife, Susheela, is ignorant about cricket to such an extent that she doesn't know Sachin Tendulkar. A depressed Rameshan is encouraged by his friends and family to marry a girl from the same village. Eventually, he loses his lover who marries an Indian-American. His love for game continues all this while. Rameshan joins his father in running an electrical workshop and lives a modest life. His love interest, Manjula, is very good at her studies and joins another college for higher education. Even if he fails in his academics, his love for the game remains the same and his father continues to protest against this. However, with time his academic results turn very poor and he even fails his 12th Board exams. He is part of a local cricket team, formed by his close friends, and wins many local tournaments with his above par performance in batting. Rameshan is in love with Manjula, who is studying in the same school. His father wants his son to become an engineer one day. As a teenager Rameshan is passionate about cricket and performs well in his academics. From India winning their first Cricket World Cup in 1983, to present times, the story follows the father-son relationship of two generations. In a remote village in Kerala named Brahmamangalam, the people have a passion for cricket. It is widely regarded as one of the best movies during the Malayalam New Wave. The film received three Kerala State Film Awards including Best Debut Director for Abride Shine, Best Actor for Nivin Pauly and Second Best Actor for Anoop Menon. All the songs composed by Gopi Sunder became popular and one of them, 'Olanjali Kuruvi', was a chartbuster. 1983, which is also a tribute to cricketer Sachin Tendulkar, was released on 31 January and was the first success film of 2014. It centers on Rameshan ( Nivin Pauly) and his memories from 1983 when India won its first World Cup under Kapil Dev.

The film is a family drama that revolves around cricket. Pradeesh Varma cranked the camera and the music director was Gopi Sunder, for which he received the 62nd National Film Awards for Best Background Score. Anoop Menon, Nikki Galrani, Joy Mathew, Srinda Arhaan, Jacob Gregory, Saiju Kurup, Shine Tom Chacko, Dinesh, Sui Joseph, Neeraj Madhav and Sanju, make up the rest of the cast. The film, produced under the banner of Shams Films, stars Nivin Pauly in the lead role. 1983 is a 2014 Indian Malayalam-language coming-of-age sports film directed by fashion photographer Abrid Shine, who wrote the story and co-wrote the script with Bipin Chandran.

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