Rashmi Rocket

Rashmi Rocket is a 2021 Indian Hindi language sports drama film directed by Akarsh Khurana and produced by Ronnie Screwvala. It stars Taapsee Pannu as the titular character alongside Abhishek Banerjee and Priyanshu Painyuli. The film premiered on 15 October 2021 on ZEE5. Cast Taapsee Pannu as Rashmi Chibber aka Rashmi Rocket, an Indian track and field athlete from Bhuj in Kutch, Gujarat. Competitor at the Indian National Open Athletics Championships, 2014 Asian Games and the 2016 South Asian Games qualifiers. The character is based on several Indian sportswomen who were subject to gender testing due to being diagnosed with hyperandrogenism; such as Dutee Chand and Pinki Pramanik. Priyanshu Painyuli as Captain Gagan Thakur, Indian Army captain (later Major) and Rashmi's husband Abhishek Banerjee as Eeshit Mehta, Rashmi's lawyer Shweta Tripathi as Maya Bhasin Supriya Pathak as Bhanuben Chibber, Rashmi's mother Manoj Joshi as Ramnik Chibber, Rashmi's father, killed in the 2001 Bhuj earthquake Mantra as Coach Tejas Mukherji Supriya Pilgaonkar as Judge Savita Deshpande, judge at the Bombay High Court Miloni Jhonsa as Niharika Chopra, Dilip's daughter who's jealous of Rashmi Namita Dubey as Priyanka Kapoor Varun Badola as Dilip Chopra, Niharika's father and a Senior Selector Boloram Das as Coach Chirag Vora as Nileshbhai Virah Chibber Dharak Chhaya as Kartik Virah Chibber Dhwanish Chhaya as Paresh Virah Chibber Akash Khurana as Dr. Ejaz Qureshi Kshitee Jog as Dr. Jagdish Mahatre Zafar Karachiwala as Mangesh Desai Aseem Jayadev Hattangady as Praveen Sood Umesh Jagtap as Inspector Jagan Sathe Akshay Taksale as Sub-Inspector Jagtap Rana Kritika Bharadwaj as Vaidehi Thakur Production The principal photography began in November 2020 at FLAME University in Pune. The film was wrapped up on 26 January 2021 in Gujarat. Shooting locations included Bhuj and the Rann of Kutch in Gujarat as well as Ranchi in Jharkhand. Soundtrack