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Airlift is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language thriller drama film directed by Raja Krishna Menon starring Akshay Kumar and Nimrat Kaur, that follows Ranjit Katyal (played by Kumar), a Kuwait-based businessman as he carries out the evacuation of Indians based in Kuwait during the Invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein's Iraq which lead to the beginning ...
Jan 22, 2016 · \"Airlift\" is a human saga set in the backdrop of war-ravaged Kuwait in August 1990, when Saddam Hussein attacks and takes over Kuwait.
Set against the backdrop of Iraq's invasion of Kuwait in August 1990, Airlift chronicles the true story of some of the people who rose to the occasion and helped the thousands of Indians stranded in the war zone escape to safety.
It is August 1990. Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, has attacked Kuwait. And over 170,000 Indians (an actual figure) are stuck. The film then goes on to show a deserted Indian embassy in Kuwait. All officials have fled, leaving Indian nationals in Kuwait to their own devices.
Jan 22, 2016 · In Airlift, he plays Ranjit Katyal, the unsung, unknown hero who masterminded the evacuation of thousands of Indians stranded in Kuwait in August 1990 when Saddam Hussain’s army decided to take over. Akshay delivers a performance that is subtle and skilled.
Jan 22, 2016 · Airlift: Directed by Raja Menon. With Akshay Kumar, Nimrat Kaur, Kumud Mishra, Prakash Belawadi. When Iraq invades Kuwait in August 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen.
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Jan 22, 2016 · The story, based on a true event, is set in 1990 in Kuwait, the time of the Gulf War when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. The film has Akshay Kumar, playing Ranjit Katyal, a wealthy and powerful Indian businessman, who initially considers himself a Kuwaiti rather than an Indian.
