Mumbai| Keeping up with his practice of shooting and announcing films one after the other, Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar, who was most recently seen in ‘Ram Setu’, is set to headline yet another film, this time a biopic.
This biopic is of mining engineer Jaswant Singh Gill who, under very difficult circumstances, saved miners trapped in a flooded coal mine in Raniganj of West Bengal in 1989. Born on November 22, 1939, in Amritsar, Gill was Khalsa College alum, and was awarded Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak by President Ramaswamy Venkataraman in 1991.
On Wednesday, the Union Minister of Coal and Mines, Pralhad Joshi commemorated Gill on Twitter: “Remembering Late Sardar Jaswant Singh Gill ji for his heroic role in rescuing 65 workers from a flooded coal mine, in 1989. We are proud of our Coal Warriors who battle everyday against the odds to assure India’s energy security.”
Replying to the Union Minister, Akshay Kumar tweeted: “Grateful to you Joshi Pralhad ji, for recalling India’s first coal mine rescue mission – this day 33yrs ago. Sardar Jaswant Singh Gill (It’s an honour for me to portray Jaswant Singh Gill in my upcoming film). It’s a story like no other! easterncoal.”
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