Akshay Kumar’s Mission Raniganj may not have left the ticket counters ringing but the makers have already submitted it for an Oscar nomination.

Mission Raniganj

Akshay Kumar plays the lead role in Mission Raniganj.

Akshay Kumar’s Mission Raniganj may not have garnered big numbers at the box office but fans have appreciated it. The Akshay Kumar-starrer is based on a real-life incident where an engineer rescued 65 workers when a West Bengal coal minery got flooded. As per reports, the makers (Pooja Entertainment) have independently submitted the film for the Oscars.

Directed by Tinu Suresh Desai, the movie also stars Parineeti Chopra, Varun Badola, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Rajesh Sharma, and Virendra Saxena among others. Apart from the official selection, every country can send non-English films to the Academy for Oscars, subject to final selection.