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Airlift

Airlift

170,000 Refugees, 488 Flights, 59 Days, 1 Man

20167.12h 6m

Overview

When Iraq invades Kuwait in August, 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen.

Directed by Raja Menon
Written by Amaal Malik, Ritesh Shah, Suresh Nair
Produced by Bhushan Kumar, Nikkhil Advani, Monisha Advani
Box OfficeBudget: $4.5MRevenue: $32.0M

Top Cast

Akshay Kumar

Akshay Kumar

Ranjit Katyal

Nimrat Kaur

Nimrat Kaur

Amrita Katyal

Inaamulhaq

Inaamulhaq

Major Khalaf Bin Zayd

Prakash Belawadi

Prakash Belawadi

George Kutty

Kumud Mishra

Kumud Mishra

Sanjeev Kohli

Feryna Wazheir

Feryna Wazheir

Tasneem

Purab Kohli

Purab Kohli

Ibrahim Durrani

Lenaa

Lenaa

Deepti Jayarajan

Ninad Kamat

Ninad Kamat

Kurien

Gunjan Malhotra

Gunjan Malhotra

Meher

Themes & Keywords

evacuationbased on true storyiraq war

About Airlift

Airlift is a drama, history, action film released in 2016 exploring themes of evacuation, based on true story, iraq war. Directed by Raja Menon, it stars Akshay Kumar, Nimrat Kaur, Inaamulhaq. When Iraq invades Kuwait in August, 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen.

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