Akshay Kumar's film Prithviraj may not have done well at the box office, but the Bollywood actor is determined to jump onto his next project, which is a biopic of mining engineer Jaswant Gill.?
The actor, who is gearing up for the release of his upcoming flick Raksha Bandhan, has decided to simultaneously continue working on his next titled Capsule Gill without taking a break.?
According to reports, Akshay Kumar, who is going to portray the main character in the upcoming biopic movie, will be heading to the United Kingdom to kick-start the shooting of the film.?
The Padman actor will be in UK till the end of July and then return to India for the promotions of his film Raksha Bandhan, which is slated to hit theatres in August 2022.?
It has been learned that Rustom director Tinu Suresh Desai will be directing Akshay Kumar's new movie.?
For those who are unaware, Jaswant Singh Gill was an Amritsar-based Engineer, who is know for his heroic efforts in saving the lives of 65 people. A resident of Sathiala in Punjab, Jaswant Gill completed his graduation from the famous Khalsa College in 1959.?
In November 1989, more than 200 miners were doing their everyday job at West Bengal's Raniganj coal mine when some of th workers mistakenly blasted off a wall of an underground water table.?
All the water flushed inside flooding the coal mine. While many of the workers were able to make it out of the flooded coal mine, 8 men got killed on the spot while about 65 were still stuck inside.?
It was then, when Jaswant Singh Gill, the additional chief mining engineer risked his own life to go down the borewell to rescue the stuck miners.?
Meanwhile, Akshay Kumar is likely to feature in Hera Pheri 3, the third installment of the iconic comedy franchise. Reports suggest that all the three actors Akshay Kumar, Suniel Shetty, and Paresh Rawal are likely to reprise their roles as Raju, Ghanshyam and Baburao in the comedy series.?
While producer Firoz Nadiadwala has confirmed that the classic comedy-drama Hera Pheri is set to be back with its third chapter, the film will be helmed by Priyadarshan, who had helmed the first movie of the franchise.
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