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- Bhushan Kumar ’s Airlift directed by Raja Menon, based on true events, is a heroic story of a man Ranjit Katyal (played by Akshay Kumar), a wealthy and powerful Indian businessman who had always seen himself as a Kuwaiti and not Indian, but who with the help of the Indian government, safely evacuated these 170,000 Indians back to their country.
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Nov 18, 2015 · Bhushan Kumar ’s Airlift directed by Raja Menon, based on true events, is a heroic story of a man Ranjit Katyal (played by Akshay Kumar ), a wealthy and powerful Indian businessman who had always seen himself as a Kuwaiti and not Indian, but who with the help of the Indian government, safely evacuated these 170,000 Indians back to their country.
Due to the film's theme based on the rescue operation, the film was compared with Ben Affleck-starrer Argo (2012) sharing the similar storyline. However, Kumar stated that the film does not have any connection with it and is completely based on a true story.
Jan 22, 2016 · Raja Krishna Menon’s Airlift isn’t about a true story; it’s based on true events. This is a term most commonly used in Hollywood – when some aspect of a real incident is taken and then padded with fiction so that the film could be positioned as a ‘true’ story.
Jan 22, 2017 · Based on the true story of 1,70,000 Indians getting evacuated from a volatile Kuwait, then attacked by Iraq, Airlift highlights the true spirit of an Indian and how far he he is willing to go to stand by his countrymen. MOVIE REVIEW: Airlift. advertisement. Must Read. ChatGPT voice ‘eerily similar to mine’: Scarlett Johansson slams Sam Altman.
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However, though based on true events, Akshay’s character is not based on a single person. Instead, it is a fictional amalgamation of two individuals in Kuwait who mapped out the 1990...
Jan 24, 2016 · Airlift is Argo with a split personality, songs and questionable fidelity to facts. Raja Krishna Menon’s film is loosely based on the true story of how Indians were evacuated from Kuwait after the Iraqi invasion in 1990.
Jan 22, 2016 · Airlift is the true story of thousands of Indians who were stranded in Kuwait during the Gulf War in 1990. Nimrat Kaur and Akshay Kumar in Airlift, which was shot largely in Sharjah and RAK. B4U Motion Pictures
