Mission Raniganj (2023)

Curiosidades

Mission Raniganj: The Great Bharat Rescue is a 2023 Indian Hindi-language disaster thriller film directed by Tinu Suresh Desai and produced by Pooja Entertainment. Based on the Raniganj Coalfields collapse of 1989 in West Bengal, the film stars Akshay Kumar and Parineeti Chopra. Mission Raniganj is based on Jaswant Singh Gill, a brave and diligent mining engineer from IIT Dhanbad who rescued 65 trapped miners at the Raniganj Coalfields in 1989.

Production

The film was announced by Vashu Bhagnani, Jackky Bhagnani and Deepshikha Deshmukh under their banner Pooja Entertainment. It is based on the life of Jaswant Singh Gill who rescued 65 mine workers during the Raniganj Coalfields collapse of 1989 in West Bengal.

The film was initially titled Capsule Gill, which was later changed to The Great Indian Rescue. In September 2023, with the poster release, the name was changed to Mission Raniganj: The Great Bharat Rescue.

Akshay Kumar was cast as the mining engineer Jaswant Singh Gill an IIT Dhanbad Graduate. Parineeti Chopra was cast opposite Kumar, marking their second project after Kesari. Actor Dibyendu Bhattacharya was cast in a pivotal role in August 2022.

The principal photography commenced in July 2022, with Akshay Kumar. Parineeti Chopra and other actors joined the set in August 2022. The film is primarily shot in the United Kingdom with few portion also shot in Raniganj, IIT Dhanbad Campus and Mumbai. In August 2023, a song was shot in Mumbai.

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