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Who is Amiya Dev? Assistant Director in Kabir Khan's 83

Kapil Dev's daughter, Amiya Dev was an assistant director in Kabir Khan's film '83.

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Who is Amiya Dev?
Who is Amiya Dev? Well-known cricketer and former captain of the Indian men's cricket team Kapil Dev's Daughter Amiya Dev was an Assistant Director in Kabir Khan's movie 83.
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Kabir Khan posted a gratitude note for his 83 team on Instagram recently in which he said "With all the unprecedented love and appreciation being showered on 83, especially for the attention to detail in the recreation of an era gone by, I have to thank the people who were behind it."

Khan even said "A director is as strong as the weakest link amongst his Assistant directors. On 83 each of my assistants became my backbone to ensure every ball, every pad, wicket, shot, angle, and expression remained authentic and true to the original."

He gave a shout-out to his Assistant Directors which included Amiya Dev, "My band of ADs on 83 were as exceptional as the love we are getting for the film. A big shout out to… #Moin Shaikh @rahulvohra94 @amiyadev @tora_pg".

Who is Amiya Dev?

Amiya Dev was born on January 16, 1996, to Kapil Dev and Romi Bhatia in New Delhi. She studied at Shri Ram School Moulsari, Gurgaon, and later from the University of St. Andrews, United Kingdom.

She is a very private person who does not share such information with the public. Her Instagram account is private and her Facebook account has been inactive for a long time.

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She joined Kabir Khan's crew as assistant director in 2019 to help him in making her father's biopic.

One of the cast members even said "She's part of our daily training sessions since she is on the direction team. She's very involved in the process."

83 released on December 24, 2021, in the theatres and was lauded and loved by everyone. The film revolves around the Indian cricket team's win in the world cup  1938.

Rajnikanth wrote  ''#83TheMovie wow what a movie… magnificent!!! Many congratulations to the producers @kabirkhankk @therealkapildev @RanveerOfficial @JiivaOfficial and all the cast and crew …''

Ranveer Singh essaying the role of Kapil Dev. Deepika Padukone, who is also the producer of the film also features in 83 as Romi Dev, Kapil Dev’s wife. Actor Neena Gupta is essaying the role of Kapil Dev’s mother, while Pankaj Tripathi will be seen as PR Man Singh, the manager of the Indian cricket team.


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