Mission Raniganj based on the real-life rescue mission of 65 miners in the Raniganj Coalfields in 1989, stars Akshay Kumar as engineer Jaswant Singh Gill. The teaser shows the real-life story set in 1989 in the Raniganj Coalfields when 65 miners get stuck in a mine after an unforeseen downpour. They’re presumed dead by most, before mining engineer Jaswant Singh Gill steps in, promising to rescue them, even if one of the 65 miners is alive.
The motion poster ends with Akshay Kumar coming in the frame above the rescue team. In the film, he plays the role of Jaswant Singh Gill, who in real life rescued 65 miners at the Raniganj Coalfields in 1989.
Akshay took to Instagram on Thursday evening and shared the teaser. He wrote in the caption, “In 1989, one man showed courage and conviction that saved lives! #MissionRaniganjTeaser is out now. Watch the story of Bharat’s true hero with #MissionRaniganj in cinemas on 6th October.”
Akshay is seen in a turbaned look, along with wearing glasses and simple cotton shirts and T-shirts. He’s playing a Sikh character four years after his 2019 war film, Anurag Singh’s Kesari. That film depicted another real-life tale of Ishar Singh, a havildar in the 36th Sikh Regiment of the British Indian Army, who leads 21 Jat Sikhs against an incursion by 10,000 invaders in the 1897 Battle of Saragarhi. Interestingly, Akshay’s Kesari co-star Parineeti Chopra is also a part of Mission Raniganj, as she’s seen in white attire with her hair tied back, sporting a concerned look, in the teaser.
Mission Raniganj is directed by Akshay’s Rustom director Tinu Suresh Desai. It also stars Kumud Mishra, Pavan Malhotra, Ravi Kishan, and Dibyendu Bhattacharya among others.
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