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- According to a foreword written by APJ Abdul Kalam for Capt. Gopinath’s biography, Simply Fly, Gopinath was inspired by the story of Vietnamese orphan girl who took to flying helicopters to help rebuild her country after the 1969-75 Vietnam war when it came to starting a low-cost airline.
indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/capt-gopinath-real-life-story-air-deccan-founder-inspired-akshay-kumar-sarfira-suriyas-soorarai-pottru-9444346/Who is Capt. Gopinath, the Air Deccan founder who inspired ...
Jan 21, 2010 · It narrates in gritty detail Captain Gopinath's incredible journey: quitting the Indian Army in the late 1970s with a princely gratuity of Rs. 6500, going back to his farm land inundated by the river, converting of piece of barren land to set up a farm for ecologically sustainable silkworm rearing, and winning a Rolex award for it.
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The 2020 Indian Tamil-language film Soorarai Pottru (or Udaan, in Hindi) was partly inspired by events from the life of Gopinath and is based on his memoir Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey. [28] In 2024, Sarfira starring Akshay Kumar, based on the life of Gopinath was released.
This autobiography narrates in gritty detail Captain Gopinath's incredible journey: quitting the Indian Army in the late 1970s with a princely gratuity of Rs 6500, going back to his farm land inundated by the river, converting a piece of barren land to set up a farm for ecologically sustainable silkworm rearing, winning the Rolex award for it, h...
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Jan 14, 2010 · This is the journey of a boy born in a remote village, who went from riding a bullock cart to owning an airline, a journey of an entrepreneur who built India's first and largest low-cost airline...
Jan 14, 2010 · HarperCollins, Jun 6, 2012 - Biography & Autobiography - 396 pages. This is the journey of a boy born in a remote village, who went from riding a bullock cart to owning an airline, a journey of an...
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- Capt. G R Gopinath
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Directed by Sudha Kongara Prasad, Soorarai Pottru is a celluloid adaptation of the autobiography titled Simply Fly, which tells the story of Captain G R Iyengar Gopinath, the founder of Air Deccan, and his journey from riding a bullock cart to pioneering India’s low-cost aviation for millions of middle-class travelers.
Jul 23, 2022 · The film is based on the story of Captain GR Gopinath, retired Army officer and founder of the Air Deccan airline. It is based on his 2011 autobiography Simply Fly: A Deccan Odyssey, which details his journey from riding a bullock cart as a young boy to owning an airline.
