Late actress Sridevi and Boney Kapoor’s daughter Janhvi Kapoor made her silver screen debut with Dhadak, in which she shared screen space with Ishaan Khatter. The budding actress’ next film would be Gunjan Saxena, the biopic of the first Indian woman airforce pilot who entered the Kargil War Zone in 1999. Directed by Sharan Sharma, Gunjan Saxena features Pankaj Tripathi and Angad Bedi in prominent roles. The film was initially scheduled to hit the screens on April 24, but due to the worldwide pandemic situation, the plans have now been changed.
It has been now officially announced that this biopic drama will have a direct OTT release, skipping the theatrical release. Gunjan Saxena will stream on Netflix platform very soon and the makers are said to be busy with the final legs of post-production now. The announcement about the OTT release was made this morning and the entire social media is abuzz about it.
Produced by Karan Johar’s Dharma Productions in association with Zee Studios, Gunjan Saxena has songs composed by Amit Trivedi and background score by John Stewart Eduri. This film is expected to give the breakthrough for Janhvi and it is indeed going to be interesting to see how she has performed in the war and action sequences. Get ready to watch the film on Netflix very soon. Check out the announcement tweet below:
Her inspirational journey made history. This is her story.
— Karan Johar (@karanjohar) June 9, 2020
Gunjan Saxena - #TheKargilGirl, coming soon on Netflix. #GunjanSaxenaOnNetflix @DharmaMovies @ZeeStudios_ @apoorvamehta18 #Janhvi @TripathiiPankaj @Imangadbedi @ItsViineetKumar #ManavVij @sharansharma pic.twitter.com/RrDQaYWp9R