Akshay Kumar gave an applause worthy performance in the 2016 rescue drama ‘Airlift’. Where he played the role of Ranjit Katyal, a Kuwait-based businessman who evacuated Indians based in Kuwait during the Gulf War, the actor is now all set to play a rescue hero again, As per the sources.
Akshay Kumar has bought the rights to the 1989 Raniganj Coalfield rescue mission, where 64 miners were trapped in a coal mine hundreds of feet underground and were rescued through a large borehole drilled from the surface. A borehole is ideally drilled to locate underground water or crude oil. Where J.S Gill played a pivotal role in the mission. The miners were hauled to safety one at a time via a rescue capsule which was forged out of iron, which was operated with the help of a makeshift pulley. The man responsible for this success of this mission was the Additional Chief Mining Engineer, J.S Gill, who organised the evacuation of the miners by putting his own life at risk as he chose to go down the borehole in the capsule himself.
Now, there are no points for guessing Akshay’s role in the film. As the kind of roles, he is choosing for himself that does not surprise us but it is definitely something that we are looking forward to seeing him pull off.
Though, there is no final announcement. We are looking forward to an official announcement from Akshay and his team.