Akshay Kumar and Parineeti Chopra within the film. Courtesy: TaranAdarsh

New Delhi:

Akshay Kumar’s real-life primarily based drama Mission Raniganj did not impress the field workplace on the opening day. According to a report by Box workplace India, the movie managed to earn Rs 2.75-3 crore nett. Box Office India talked about in its report, “Mission Raniganj opened to a dull response as it collected 2.75-3 crore nett. The collections of the film looked to be coming under the 2.54 crore nett of Selfiee when the film opened but managed to beat that film by around 10-15% though it hardly matters much.” The report added, “The simple fact is the trailer was better than Selfiee and it should have opened better and maybe even double of that film but the audience has shown no interest in the film and with such an opening it is a difficult ride going forward. This sort of cinema had chance pre pandemic but today its tough with a star like Akshay Kumar unless its an established franchise where the audience knows about the film like Oh My God 2 or Drishyam 2.”

The report did not present a lot hope within the movie’s future prospects. It added, “The film should grow and maybe even compete with the holdovers in terms of growth but with such a starting point there is not much hope unless somehow Monday shows up with better numbers than the Friday.”

Mission Raniganjopened to largely common evaluations. In his assessment for NDTV, movie critic Saibal Chatterjee gave the film 1.5 stars and wrote, “Mission Raniganj reinforces the lingering belief that Hindi cinema should leave true stories alone, especially if Akshay Kumar is to be placed at the centre of the action. Mission Raniganj suffers the deleterious consequences of the spotlight being focused on the star rather than on the issues surrounding the mining disaster.”

Mission Raniganj showcases the story of late mining engineer Jaswant Singh Gill, who led the heroic coal mine rescue mission and helped the miners trapped inside a flooded coal mine in Raniganj in November 1989.

Mission Raniganj additionally options Parineeti Chopra, Kumud Mishra, Pavan Malhotra, Ravi Kishan, Varun Badola, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Rajesh Sharma, Virendra Saxena, Shishir Sharma, Ananth Mahadevan, Jameel Khan, Sudhir Pandey, Bachan Pachera, Mukesh Bhatt, Omkar Das Manikpur. The movie has been directed by Tinu Suresh Desai. Akshay Kumar was final seen in OMG 2 with Pankaj Tripathi and Yami Gautam.