Bell Bottom trailer: Akshay Kumar's tight rescue operation has no scope for failure, both in the film and as a film

Akshay Kumar’s Bell Bottom is gearing up to bring life back to the theatres and the intriguing trailer of the film certainly makes it look like a compelling enough reason. Inspired by true events, Akshay’s film is thriller focused on an agent from the ‘80s called Bell Bottom who leads a rescue mission for a hijacked flight.

Playing Bell Bottom, Akshay is the star of the show and oozing confidence in this stylish trailer. He has seven hours to rescue 210 hostages on a flight hijacked by 4 terrorists. Bell Bottom as he is called and his team pretend to be a refueling crew in Dubai to achieve their goal.

The film has Vaani Kapoor playing his wife while Huma Qureshi stars as a support group member in Dubai helping out Bell Bottom and the team. While the appearance of actresses remains short in the trailer itself, Akshay’s decorated spy avatar seems worth the hype. As Bell Bottom he is described to be a national-level chess player, who has also appeared for UPSC, is fluent in English, Hindi, French and German, as well as teaches singing.

Bell Bottom is of a spy thriller laced with patriotism, a combination that is currently a trend in Bollywood. The film has huge expectations to shoulder and so it seems on track to be fulfilling those.

The film also stars Lara Dutta and is directed by Ranjit M Tewari. It will release in both 2D and 3D on August 19.