Published 12:16 IST, July 16th 2020
Janhvi Kapoor's 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl' to release on August 12 on Netflix
Janhvi Kapoor's upcoming film, 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl' to release on Netflix just days before the Indian Independence day. Read on to know more.
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Bollywood actor Janhvi Kapoor took to his social media and revealed that his upcoming film Gunjan Saxena: Kargil Girl will be released on Netflix. Gunjan Saxena: Kargil Girl was slated to release in atres on March 13, 2020. However, due to ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, atres have been shut and hence most Bollywood films have shifted ir focus to releasing content on streaming apps.
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Gunjan Saxena: Kargil Girl to release on Netflix
Janhvi Kapoor took to her social media account and shared a series of three motion pictures from upcoming film. She mentioned, in post, that she is proud to bring story of India’s first woman Air Force Officer to go to war on Netflix. Janhvi Kapoor hopes that story inspires audience just like it inspired her. In post, Janhvi Kapoor also mentioned that film will be released on Netflix on August 12, 2020.
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film which was reportedly going to hit OTT platform on Independence Day will w be released just three days prior to date. Apart from Janhvi Kapoor, her Gunjan Saxena: Kargil Girl co-star Ang Bedi also shared Motion pictures from film on his social media account. In post, Ang Bedi introduced his on-screen sister 'Gunju' which will be played by Janhvi Kapoor, he n introduced his character Anshuman Saxena who is also seen wearing uniform of Indian Armed Forces. Lastly, he introduced actor Pankaj Tripathi’s character and mentioned that he plays ir far in film.
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Gunjan Saxena: Kargil Girl is a biographical film about an Indian Air Force pilot Gunjan Saxena. Gunjan Saxena was first Indian Air Force female pilot to fly helicopters in a war zone. story of film is based on life of flight lieutenant Gunjan Saxena who along with Flight Lieutenant Srividya Ranjan flew helicopters, much before Indian Air Force ordered women fighter pilots. y flew Cheetah helicopters for casual evaluation and military investigation close to Pakistani positions.
Films releasing on Netflix
Just an hour ago, Netflix released a list of 17 originals that will be making its way to Netflix this year. y mentioned that apart from Janhvi Kapoor’s Gunjan Saxena: Kargil Girl, Sanjay Dutt’s Torbaaz, and Rajkummar Rao's Ludo will be released on Netflix. video also mentioned that Dolly Kitty Aur Woh Chamakte Sitare, Nawazuddin Siddiqui's Raat Akeli Hai along with Class of ’83, Ginny weds Sunny, Kaali Khuhi and Ishaan Khatter’s A Suitable Boy, amongst ors, will all get a Netflix release.
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12:16 IST, July 16th 2020