A few weeks ago, it was announced that Karan Johar’s production venture Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl will be getting a direct-to-digital release on Netflix. And now, the makers have announced the release date of the movie.
The Janhvi Kapoor starrer will premiere on Netflix on 12th August 2020. Dharma Productions took to Instagram to announce the release date. They posted, “The name you know, the story you don't ?? These and many moments like this made @gunjansaxena123 an inspiring war hero! Meet her on 12th August on @netflix_in #GunjanSaxena.”
The announcement of the release date was made yesterday which also marked the Kargil Vijay Diwas. Gunjan Saxena was the first woman IAF pilot to fly in the war zone during the Kargil war of 1999. She was accompanied by another woman pilot named Srividya Rajan.
Directed by Sharan Sharma, Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl also stars Pankaj Tripathi and Angad Bedi. The film was earlier slated to hit the big screens in April this year, but due to the pandemic, the makers decided a direct-to-digital release for it.
This will be Janhvi’s second Netflix release. The actress featured in the anthology Ghost Stories which had released on 1st January 2020. Apart from Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, Janhvi has multiple films in her kitty like RoohiAfzana, Dostana 2, Takht, and Bombay Girl.
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