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Synopsis: It is in this scenario that Ranjit Katyal (played by Akshay Kumar), a wealthy and powerful Indian businessman, who has always seen himself as a Kuwaiti, rather than an Indian, realizes that he no longer wields any influence on the Iraqis, and that he and his family are in as much danger as anyone else. Ranjit unknowingly becomes the man who all 170,000 Indians look up to for getting them out safely from Kuwait. Airlift is the story of Indians stranded in Kuwait during this traumatic time. A story of how they, with the help of Ranjit Katyal, managed to survive the Iraqi invasion, and against all odds traveled a thousand kilometers across the border into Amman, Jordan. From Amman, 170,000 Indians were brought home by the largest and the most successful evacuation ever attempted by any country, in the history of the world. Over 59 days, the Indian government systematically flew over 488 Air India commercial flights into a war zone to evacuate all 170,000 Indians and safely bring them back
Director(s): Raja Menon
Production: Alchemy
  2 nominations.
 
IMDB:
8.1
Rotten Tomatoes:
90%
NOT RATED
Year:
2016
130 min
$168,391
613 Views


Nair, what's happening outside?

Sir, I avoided the main roads...

...and took the highway to get here.

The Iraqi army is everywhere.

They're checking everyone.

They're sparing everyone else...

...but seeking out

Kuwaitis and killing them.

Ranjit, why did you call him..?

- Amrita, mind your own business...

...and let me do mine.

Get the car, I'll go get ready.

Now you're going out too!?

- Just calm down.

What's wrong with you?

I'm going to the Embassy.

We'll get out of Kuwait

once everything's arranged.

Okay. Relax now.

Nair, don't be scared.

Stop the car!

Turn the car off!

Get out! Where are you going?

Do you have any papers?

He's my boss.

- Nair, don't speak in arabic.

Nair, get in the car.

Nair don't speak in arabic.

He's my boss.

Get in!

Play the music

What's that shining in your hand?

Give it to us.

Good, good!

Let's go

Come on, move.

You must be really happy today.

Amitabh Bachchan...?

Deewar...?

Mr. Ranjit, yes or no?

If I hadn't passed through

that checkpoint today...

...then you wouldn't be still alive,

Mr. Ranjit.

Let me guess...

You didn't recognise me.

A year ago...you came to Baghdad...

...with your wife Amrita

and daughter Simran...

...for a Fundraiser.

And by the grace of Allah...

who was your security in-charge?

I was with you for two days...

...yet you don't recognise me.

I am kind of hurt, Mr. Katiyal.

I remember...

- No! You don't!

Successful people...

should only remember important people.

And n0w...sudden|y...

I am someone important.

Mr. Khallaf Bin Zayed.

Iraqi Republican Army.

At your service.

- Thank you.

I'll give you plenty

of opportunities...

...to express your gratitude.

Like I gave him.

Fawad?

Fawad AI Sayyed.

Your business partner.

AI An Hazir Iraq, Mr. Katiyal.

Now this is Iraq.

And people like you...

...wi|| help us keep it that way.

I'm taking another step towards that.

A small gift.

This sticker.

Put it on the windshield of your car.

It'll be helpful at checkpoints.

Otherwise...we could

be meeting every day.

We're friends now, Mr. Ranjit.

If you ever need anything...

...d0nt hesitate.

In return...|'m sure

you too honor this friendship.

You can go.

Mr. Saini.

Mr. Saini.

Mr. Katiyal, over here.

Thank God you saw me.

It's okay.

Brij!

Brij! What the hell is happening?

What happened? Calm down.

A 16 year old Iraqi

soldier shot my driver.

They dragged me to the Dasman palace.

I couldn't tell if...

...that Iraqi Major

was being friendly...

...0r threatening me.

And you're asking what happened?

Come, sit.

Have some water.

We'll sort it out, don't worry.

I am sorry.

- No, it's okay.

What is the airport situation?

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