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Capsule Gill movie real story: Know all about Jaswant Singh Gill
Capsule Gill movie real story and cast: Ever since the first look of 'Capsule Gill', featuring Akshay Kumar has surfaced on social media, people for information on who was Jaswant Singh Gill and about his biopic.
Capsule Gill is reportedly the title of Akshay Kumar's upcoming film that will reunite Akshay with Rustom director Tinu Suresh Desai. This time, Akshay and Tinu will bring the real-life story of additional chief mining engineer Jaswant Singh Gill through biopic movie 'Capsule Gill'.
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Jaswant Singh Gill was an additional chief mining engineer who helped in the rescue of people when a coal mine in Raniganj, West Bengal, was flooded. The incident took place in 1989. The will be highly anticipated among the fans of Akshay Kumar as he is known to do biopics.
Who was Jaswant Singh Gill? He was a chief mining engineer who saved the lives of 65 people when a coal mine in Raniganj was flooded. While several workers managed to evacuate the mine, 71 miners were trapped as it was filled with water.
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Meanwhile, Jaswant and his team initiated the rescue operation. The operation involved pulling out the trapped miners one at a time in a steel capsule.
For this, Jaswant Gill was felicitated with the Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak by the then president Ramaswamy Venkataraman. He died on November 26, 2019.
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While Akshay Kumar is playing the role of Jaswant Singh Gill, Parineeti Chopra will be playing the female lead in the film, a report stated.
