Akshay Kumar Returns with 'Mission Raniganj' Teaser

Just a month after the hit release of OMG 2, Akshay Kumar teases his next film

He'll play mining engineer Jaswant Singh Gill in "Mission Raniganj," coming to theaters on October 6

The teaser, dropped on Thursday, offers a glimpse of the challenges Jaswant faced

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Set in 1989 Raniganj Coalfields, 65 miners get trapped after heavy rain, presumed dead by most

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Akshay shared the teaser on Instagram, celebrating the heroics of 1989

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Directed by Tinu Suresh Desai, "Mission Raniganj" also stars Kumud Mishra, Pavan Malhotra, Ravi Kishan, and Dibyendu Bhattacharya

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