Legendary cricketer Kapil Dev’s daugbter Amiya Dev opts for Bollywood career
Legendary cricketer Kapil Dev’s daugbter Amiya Dev opts for Bollywood career
Albeit Kapil Dev embarked on a cricketing career at his prime, now, it is learnt that his daughter Amiya has determined distance from sports to make her own path, to a career in the glitzy world of films.
Notedly, Amiyai is now a part of many Bollywood films, with one Rs.193 crore film featuring Deepika Padukone and Ranveer Singh.
In the history of sports, Kapil Dev is considered as one of the best Indian cricketers, but his daughter has other plans. She prefers for a career in glamour world – Bollywood. At the age of 27, Amiya has already worked in her cricket legend father’s biopic ‘83’ as an Assistant Director based on the cricket journey of Kapil Dev-led Team India during the 1983 World Cup, and how the Indian legend led the team to victory through his skill and determination.
It was in 2019, that Amiya Dev made her Bollywood debut as part of the directorial crew of Kabir Khan’s 83, and was able to give insightful inputs into the making of the movie, providing unique facts on her father Kapil Dev’s life and his struggle.
In the midst of the production days of 83, Kabir Khan appreciated Amiya Dev and other assistant directors through an Instagram post that gave Kapil Dev’s daughter a shout-out, tagging her private Instagram account in the post.
Amiya Dev’s debut in Bollywood – 83 – featured Ranveer Singh and Deepika Padukone as Kapil Dev and Romi Dev, with other actors in the film including Harrdy Sandhu, Pankaj Tripathi, Ammy Virk, Tahir Raj Bhasin and Boman Irani.
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