The news regarding Janhvi Kapoor's film 'Gunjan Saxena - The Kargil Girl' was creating abuzz in the media houses that the film will be set to release on the occasion of Independence Day in August. Now, Jahnavi Kapoor has officially announced the release date of her much-awaited biopic film through a special message on social media.

Janhvi Kapoor shared a still from his upcoming film 'Gunjan Saxena - The Kargil Girl' and captioned it, "Proud to bring to you the story of India's first woman Air Force Officer to go to war. A journey that I hope will inspire you the way that it has inspired me. 🤞🏻 Gunjan Saxena - The Kargil Girl is landing on 12th August to your#Netflix screens! @dharmamovies @zeestudiosofficial@karanjohar @apoorva1972@pankajtripathi @angadbedi@vineet_ksofficial @manavvij@sharansharma @netflix_in@zeemusiccompany". Check out his post here -

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Proud to bring to you the story of India's first woman Air Force Officer to go to war. A journey that I hope will inspire you the way that it has inspired me. 🤞🏻GunjanSaxena - The Kargil Girl is landing on 12th August to your #Netflix screens! @dharmamovies @zeestudiosofficial @karanjohar @apoorva1972 @pankajtripathi @angadbedi @vineet_ksofficial @manavvij @sharansharma @netflix_in @zeemusiccompany

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Along with Janhvi Kapoor, Pankaj Tripathi who is playing the role of her father in the film also shared a still from the movie and captioned it, "गुंजन सक्सेना ।द कारगिल गर्ल मेरी पसंदीदा कहानी जो हम बेहद प्यार और गर्व से ला रहें है आपके लिए🙏 Releasing on August 12th! @dharmamovies @zeestudiosofficial@karanjohar @apoorva1972@janhvikapoor @angadbedi@vineet_ksofficial @manavvij@sharansharma @netflix_in@zeemusiccompany". Check out his post here -

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गुंजन सक्सेना ।द कारगिल गर्ल मेरी पसंदीदा कहानी जो हम बेहद प्यार और गर्व से ला रहें है आपके लिए🙏 Releasing on August 12th! @dharmamovies @zeestudiosofficial @karanjohar @apoorva1972 @janhvikapoor @angadbedi @vineet_ksofficial @manavvij @sharansharma @netflix_in @zeemusiccompany

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'Gunjan Saxena - The Kargil Girl' is a biographical film directed by Sharan Sharma and produced under Dharma Productions and Zee Studios is releasing on Netflix on August 12th. The film stars Janhvi Kapoor as Indian Air Force pilot Gunjan Saxena, the first Indian female airforce pilot in combat, alongside Pankaj Tripathi and Angad Bedi who are playing a supporting roles in the film.

The film was earlier slated to release on April 24 but due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the filmmakers hold the film release and on June 10th, Karan Johan who is also producing the film announced that the film will directly stream on Netflix. On the other side, Janhvi Kapoor will be seen next in Hardik Mehta's 'Roohi Afzana' along with Rajkummar Rao, Varun Sharma in the pivotal roles.