1983 is a well crafted, well executed sports movie that led me through an exercise in nostalgia-my childhood in Kerala-playing cricket with "madal" bat(hand-crafted cricket bat from the a coconut tree part), watching cricket and Sachin Tendulkar as if your life depended on it. The movie is humorous, classy and very sincere in its attempt to paint a canvas of 1990-2000s Kerala and maybe India in general. Rameshan, played by Nivin Pauly is a master cricketer in his small town of Brahmamangalam, where he is revered like Sachin Tendulkar is at the national stage. He dedicates his life to Cricket and is addicted to the game. His father and his sweetheart try to change his ways but his passion for the game always came first. The movie follows him through his life and with cricket always in the background, is a genuine entertainer. Nivin Pauly looks good and puts in another excellent performance. The rest of the cast does not disappoint. Final note-we miss those leg glances, SRT!!!