Review of Movie Air Lift

Producer :  Nikhill Adavni , Monisha Advani , Aruna Bhatia,        

Director : Raja Krishna Menon
Music : Amaal Mallik  & Ankit Tiwari
Genre : Thriller Drama

Overview : Airlift is a Tribute to patriotism   by our Action Hero Akshay Kumar .Film is based on the true incident that happened when Kuwait was attacked by Saddam Husein of Iraq . The film is based on the biggest evacuation of 1,70,000 Indians that were stuck in Kuwait when war was declared by Iraq , Akshay Kumar is playing a true character , role of the person who was carried out this operation of saving Indians in Kuwait . Akshay Kumar has very well played the role .

Story Line : Film revolves around Ranjit Katyal (Akshay Kumar ) , who is a shrewd business tycoon living in Kuwait , who has lots of conctacts  around U.A.E till the Minister levels . His wife Amrita (Nimrat Kaur ) , and he along with a daughter live a luxurious life in Kuwait , until one day when fate takes a U-turn when Overnight Iraq attacks Kuwait , all kuwaites including Ranjit's driver gets killed in front of him , those incidents totally changes the attitude of Ranjit , Seeing killings everywhere he comes to know that there are around 1,70,000 Indians in Kuwait , Including his huge staff that were Indians , he takes upon his shoulder the responsibility of saving these people . He faces lots of difficulties in evacuating the Indians from Kuwait , like Indian Embassy was not ready to help him , he tries his sources in Iraq and Baghdad but fails to implement any rescue operation , on top of that U.N stops exports and imports from and to Kuwait , He does get frustrated but, does  not let these hurdles  to stop him to achieve his goal , with a small ray of  hope from the foreign ministry in India a person who  named Kohli  who was working there , he manages to  plan out some strategies for evacuation ,with lots of hardship , what was that strategy , does he succeed in getting Indians out of Kuwait , what hurdles he faces at each step is for the audience to watch ., as many  of them did not have proper papers and passports .

Performances : Brilliant performance by Akshay Kumar , he is at best of his game . His break down , his confidence , his sensitivity his ability to emote , his ability to deliver , are all shown brilliantly in AirLift ,   he has the entire film on his shoulder which he does complete justice . No other actor could have performed the role of Ranjit better than Akshay ,  Nimrat Kaur has also played her role of a typical House wife very perfectly , with some great dialogue delivery in one such scene , that required her to lash out on some person. Purab Kohli has played a good supporting role ,

Direction by Raja Krishna Menon is good . Point to Point .

Music  is good with songs in background .

Locations are brilliant , cinematography is excellent .

Verdict : The film is released at a very eccentric point when Republic Day is just around the corner , and theme of the movie is Patriotic , this time of the year i.e 26 th Jan , there is  a mood for patriotism
everywhere. The film is a must watch as most of us were unaware about what had happened in 1990 when Kuwait was attacked by Iraq , and that so many Indians were stuck there . and how they were rescued.

Rating : 4*/5*

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