Akshay Kumar Announces ‘Sky Force’ on India’s 1st Air Strike in 1965

Mumbai: Actor Akshay Kumar on Monday announced his new feature film, ‘Sky Force’. This movie will be based the true story of India’s first and deadliest air strike.

The actor took to X and shared an announcement teaser of the movie on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi and former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri.

“Today, on the day of Gandhi-Shastri Jayanti, the whole country is saying – ‘Jai Jawan, Jai Kisan, Jai Vigyan, Jai Anusandhan’. No better day than today to announce the incredible story of #SkyForce : Our untold story of India’s first and deadliest airstrike. Give it love, please. Jai Hind, Jai Bharat,” Kumar wrote on X.

आज गांधी-शास्त्री जयंती के दिन सारा देश कह रहा है – जय जवान, जय किसान, जय विज्ञान, जय अनुसंधान. No better day than today to announce the incredible story of #SkyForce: Our untold story of India's first and deadliest airstrike.

Give it love, please. Jai Hind, Jai Bharat. 🇮🇳… pic.twitter.com/qrxQrVqVNB

— Akshay Kumar (@akshaykumar) October 2, 2023

‘Sky Force’ will present the “untold true story that captures the bravery, the emotion, the patriotism of all those men in uniform involved in India’s first and deadliest airstrike at a time against Pakistan, against all odds”, the makers said in a press note.

The film, backed by Jio Studios and Dinesh Vijan’s Maddock Films, will release in theatres on October 2, 2024.

Sandeep Kelwani and Abhishek Kapur will co-direct the project.