The film is based on the life of , a mining engineer from IIT Dhanbad (then Indian School of Mines). Born in 1939 in Amritsar, Gill was serving as an Additional Chief Mining Engineer when disaster struck the Raniganj coalfields in West Bengal on November 13, 1989.
: During a routine explosion to extract coal, miners accidentally breached an upper water table. This caused an immediate and massive flood in the mine, where 220 workers were on duty. mission raniganj
For his selfless courage, Gill was awarded the by President Ramaswamy Venkataraman in 1991. Cinematic Portrayal and Production The film is based on the life of
The film reunited Akshay Kumar with director Tinu Suresh Desai, who previously worked together on the hit Rustom . mission raniganj