Amid the ongoing India-Bharat naming controversy, the title of Akshay Kumar and Parineeti Chopra’s forthcoming film has been changed from The Great Indian Rescue to Mission Raniganj: The Great Bharat Rescue. The makers took to social media to announce that the film’s title has been changed. The filmmakers also released a motion poster of the film and revealed the movie’s new release date.
The India-Bharat controversy erupted on Tuesday, September 5, after invitations for a G20 dinner in New Delhi were sent out by the office of Droupadi Murmu, describing her as ‘President of Bharat’ instead of ‘President of India’.
Opposition leaders, including Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh, who first highlighted the development, accused the government of assaulting the idea of the country being a “Union of States”, as mentioned in the Constitution which describes the country as “India, that is Bharat”.
The move fuelled speculation that the India-Bharat issue could come up during the five-day special session of Parliament beginning September 18.
Taking to X, Akshay Kumar wrote, “Heroes don’t wait for medals to do what’s right! Watch the story of Bharat’s true hero with Mission Raniganj in cinemas on 6th October. Teaser out tomorrow!” He posted posters of the movie to be released on 6 October, which said that the title of the movie is ‘Mission Raniganj: The Great Bharat Rescue.’