Mission Raniganj – The Great Bharat Rescue, starring Akshay Kumar and Parineeti Chopra premiered on Netflix on December 1, 2023. The film chronicles a daring rescue mission to save the lives of more than 60 miners trapped in a flooded coal mine in Raniganj, West Bengal. Akshay Kumar plays late mining engineer Jaswant Singh Gill, who successfully led the rescue mission.
The film is directed by Tinu Desai, and produced by Pooja Entertainment. An accomplished cast of Ravi Kishan, Kumud Mishra and Pavan Malhotra supports Kumar. Though the film did not do well in its theatrical run in India, Kumar believes it is one of his best films.