Tinu Suresh Desai's '
Mission Raniganj
' starring Akshay Kumar and Parineeti Chopra has not created a strong impression at the box office so far. As per Sacnilk.com, 'Mission Raniganj: The Great Bharat Rescue' has been in the theatres for seven days and has made Rs 18 crore in India.
On the seventh day, the film made Rs 1.3 crore in the domestic market. According to reports, the film earned Rs 2.8 crore on day one, Rs 4.8 crore on day two, Rs 5 crore on day three and Rs 1.50 crore each on day four and day five.
Akshay Kumar portrays the role of Jaswant Singh Gill. Speaking about the film, he told ANI, "Mission Raniganj is about 71 miners who were trapped three hundred and fifty feet below the coal mine and this
Sardar
Jaswant Singh Gill who was an engineer and was there at that time. Some people from France and from the UK also came. They all said that it is impossible to get them out, they're dead because there were almost trillion gallons of water filled below with carbon dioxide filling."
Directed by Tinu Suresh Desai, Mission Raniganj is based on the real life rescue story of Jaswant Singh Gill, who led India's first successful coal mine rescue mission in November 1989. This film also stars Parineeti Chopra, Kumud Mishra and
Pavan Malhotra
in pivotal roles.
Meanwhile, Akshay will be seen in '
Soorarai Pottru
' remake, 'Bade
Miyan Chote Miyan
', 'Sky Force', 'Welcome Back' and 'Hera Pheri 3'.
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