Hardy Sandhu playing Madan Lal in 83, wanted to be a cricketer in real life

 The trailer of the much-awaited film 83 has been released and it’s gathering praises from all over the nation. The film is in the news and for all the good reasons. Hardy Sandhu from the Punjabi industry is playing the character of Madan Lal with Ranveer Singh in the main lead as Kapil Dev.

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This film is going to be the acting debut of Hardy Sandhu in the Bollywood industry and also as an actor. Though the singer now turned actor is getting a lot of appreciation for his role, very few people know that he has been a taxi driver in Australia before he entered the industry.

Not only that, Hardy Sandhu has played for India in the under 19cricket team but he had to quit this career due to his injury.

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The film speaks about the 1983 cricket world cup win of India under the captainship of Kapil Dev which is directed by Kabir Khan.

Talking about their career in cricket Hardy Sandhu said, "I played for Shikhar Dhawan's U-19 cricket squad for around ten years. I played alongside Cheteshwar Pujara and Ishant Sharma, and he was my roommate. However, in 2006, I had an elbow injury. My damage was to my right arm, and I was a quick bowler. During that time, the IPL had begun, and all those who were junior to me had been picked (they were selected). I was miserable. I could have easily played in the Indian Premier League."

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When Hardy came back to India in 2009, he took training and also did get back to play for the Ranji Trophy. The plans for him were decided by destiny and he got injured just three days before the match. During all the face down the actor faced depressive time but then later he decided to give singing a trial which went on to become a successful career for him.

Talking about his singing experience he said "I started learning music again in 2010, and I continued learning till 2011." In 2012, I finally finished my debut album. I often regret not being able to play for India since my coaches believed I was capable of doing so. I had the ability, but it was all fate."

His breakthrough song was ‘Soch’ which was released in 2013 and now he is breaking the records with the recently released track ‘Bijlee Bijlee’.