Airlift Review: The Word For The Film Is 'Excellent'

1, 70,000 stranded Indians, homeless and crying for help, one shrewd businessman and his fight for their identity, his realist wife and an ignorant government, yet the pride of being an Indian and belonging to one nation. This is what Airlift is about.

It goes back to the time when Kuwait was invaded by Iraq in the year 1990 and life had come to a standstill. Kuwait had lost it all, and in fact the Kuwaiti diplomats had left the people to die. When no one came to their aid, a businessman rescues them with the help of the Indian Air Force, Air India and Indian Airlines. These commercial pilots, along with the Indian Air Force, flew over the war zone to help the people they didn’t know.  

Akshay Kumar plays the character of Ranjit Katyal, a rich businessman in Kuwait, who has forgotten all about his country and desh-bakti, but this invasion makes him take the responsibility of getting the people of his country out of Kuwait. Akshay does complete justice to the character. He is convincing and believable. It goes without saying that when it comes to films like these, Akshay Kumar is best at it.

Nimrat Kaur plays the role of his wife, Amrita Katyal. She has a little role to play but an important one. She pushes the cart  forward and successfully displays the traits of a wife who is bewildered to see her husband change from a shrewd businessman to a person who is fighting for the lives of 1,70,000 Indians, whom he doesn’t even know.

There is no unnecessary music in the film, no over powering of characters and no unnecessary action. It just shows how much did it take for one man to get all the people together and ensure their safety in a foreign land which they thought was theirs. Apart from Akshay Kumar and Nimrat Kaur, Purab Kohli  is also plays a pivotal role.

The operation was one of the biggest evacuation operations in the history, and little do the people know about it. 

More than 1500 people have rated Airlift on Desimartini and their verdcit is pretty clear - "Enough to lift our spirits up, Airlift ranks as one of Akshay's best." 

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