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Advance bookings for Mission Raniganj are now open. The film starring Akshay Kumar, Parineeti Chopra and a large supporting cast of talented actors like Kumud Mishra and Pavan Malhotra, will be released in theatres on October 6.
Mission Raniganj is based on true events that occurred on November 13, 1989, at the Raniganj coalfields in West Bengal. Kumar plays the character of real-life hero Jaswant Singh Gill, a mining engineer at the coalfields, who raced against time and rescued 65 miners trapped hundreds of feet below the ground.
Produced by Vashu Bhagnani, Jackky Bhagnani, Deepshikha Deshmukh, and Ajay Kapoor, the film is directed by Tinu Suresh Desai.