‘Air Lift’ Another big hit to boost Bollywood cinema
View(s):Latest Bollywood box-office hit ‘Air Lift’ based on the biggest evacuation of Indians is now being screened at Majestic Cineplex, Regal and Excel World in Colombo and other several other theatres around the country.
Directed by Raja Krishna Menon the film stars Raja Krishna Menon, Suresh Nair, Rahul Nangia and Ritesh Shah. When Iraq invaded Kuwait in August, 1990, a callous Indian businessman became the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen.
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 unwittingly becomes the man who all 170,000 Indians look up to for getting them out safely from Kuwait.
Air Lift 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 travelled a thousand kilometres across the border into Amman, Jordan.
From Amman, 170,000 Indians were brought home by the largest and most successful evacuation ever attempted by any country, in the world history.
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 to India.
Imported by Aiswariya Films and distributed in Sri Lanka by Cinema Entertainments (Pvt) Ltd (CEL), the film also screens at New Imperial – Rathnapura, New Imperial – Kurunegala, Sky Lite – Matara, Areene – Katugasthota and Vista Lite – Ja Ela.
