Here's why Akshay Kumar's 'Mission Raniganj: The Great Bharat Rescue' received standing ovation from the Censor Board

Akshay Kumar’s Mission Raniganj: The Great Bharat Rescue is all set to hit the screens tomorrow.

What is it about?

Akshay Kumar plays Jaswant Singh Gill in the film, the man who saved the lives of over 65 miner workers that were trapped 350 feet below and gasping for life and breath. He made a capsule like hole to enter the mine and rescued them one after another. It’s India’s largest rescue operation that gets a film made on it over three decades after the incident happened.

A standing ovation from the CBFC members

The members of the Censor Board recently watched the film for certification and were moved by the emotional triumph of the narrative and the bravery this real story carries. They couldn’t help but give this Tinu Suresh Desai directorial a standing ovation. The CBFC Board Members who watched the film are all praise for the Akshay Kumar starrer, and they have called it an ’emotionally moving yet inspiring film’.

Ravi Kishan plays one of the workers trapped beneath and Malhotra too plays a crucial role. In an exclusive interview with Firspost, the two veterans opened up about the experience of essaying this story on the big screen, working with Akshay Kumar again, and what they have taken away after playing their respective characters.

In an exclusive interview, the actor revealed about his prep, “I never played a miner before. I have worked in over 700 films and been directed by everyone, from Shyam Benegal to Mani Ratnam to Anurag Kashyap, but this was a role I never played so it got me really excited. I had to understand their psyche and how they approach death everyday in their lives. I am claustrophobic in real life so I used to think how they manage to go 350 feet below and survive in such less oxygen. I was also fascinated to see the mines of Jharkhand being recreated in London.”

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