Airlift
2016 · Movie · Not Rated · 126 min · ★ 7.1 · 78% critics
After Iraq invades Kuwait in 1990, a self-focused Indian businessman is pushed into action when more than 170,000 fellow citizens are stranded. As fear and uncertainty spread, he steps up to organize help and rally people toward a way home, testing his priorities and resolve.
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Details
- Years
- 2016
- Release date
- 2016-01-22
- Language
- Hindi
- Rated
- Not Rated
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Critic score
- 78/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.1/10 (214 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an uplifting, patriotic true-story drama about ordinary people facing crisis and one person stepping up, similar in spirit to Madaari or D-Day; Not for you if you dislike slow, repetitive stretches.
Pros: inspiring true-story feel; strong lead performance; patriotic, emotional tone | Cons: slow pacing at times; repetitive reassurance beats; authenticity details questioned
Themes
- evacuation
- based on true story
- iraq war
Cast & crew
Akshay Kumar
as Ranjit Katyal
Nimrat Kaur
as Amrita Katyal
Inaamulhaq
as Major Khalaf Bin Zayd
Prakash Belawadi
as George Kutty
Kumud Mishra
as Sanjeev Kohli
Feryna Wazheir
as Tasneem
Purab Kohli
as Ibrahim Durrani
Lenaa
as Deepti Jayarajan
Ninad Kamat
as Kurien
Gunjan Malhotra
as Meher
Directed by Raja Menon