MISSION RANIGANJ: This movie is based on the true story about a rescue misssion at a coal mine at Raniganj in West Bengal in 1989.Akshay Kumar who plays Mr Jaswant Singh Gill (the mastermind of the rescue mission) is the main draw of the movie backed up by an ensemble cast of a few 80’s era TV stars.The movie is a realistic portrayal and thanks to crisp editing and true to life dialogues, the movie is a gripping tale of the heroic rescue mission that saved 65 lives of coal miners.Kharaj Mukherjee and Rajesh Sharma both play negative roles. Parineeti plays a de-glam role as the wife of Akshay Kumar, but I couldn’t understand why the director asked her to dance up a storm despite being preggers and why she asked to smile while her husband was going through a near-death situation while trying to rescue the miners. But these are small foibles in an otherwise captivating movie.
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