The much awaited, Janhvi Kapoor starrer Gunjan Saxena The Kargil Girl is all set to release on Netflix. The film will skip the theatrical release on the wake of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The streaming giant too shared the news with a video captioned as, “'Plane ladka udaye ya ladki, usse pilot hi kehte hain'- Gunjan Saxena – The Kargil Girl, arriving soon. #GunjanSaxenaOnNetflix”
The movie is based on the first female Indian Air Force pilot and first Indian woman Air Force pilot in combat with Srividya Rajan. The film is directed by Sharan Sharma and co-produced by Karan Johar and Hiroo Johar along with Zee Studios. Its primary cast includes Janhvi Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi, Angad Bedi, Neena Gupta and Vijay Verma among others. Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl is the latest film to have an OTT release. Ayushmann Khurrana-Amitabh Bachchan film Gulabo Sitabo and Vidya Balan starrer biopic Shakuntala Devi are already heading to Amazon Prime Video.