
Airport '77(1977)
Flight 23 has crashed in the Bermuda Triangle after a hijacking gone wrong. Now the surviving passengers must brave panic, slow leaks, oxygen depletion, and more while attempting a daring plan, all while 200 feet underwater.


When terrorists hijack a plane from Chennai, a struggle with the pilots damages the engine forcing them to make an emergency landing in Tirupati. NSG commando Ravi is entrusted with rescue operations.
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Nagarjuna Akkineni
Major Ravindra

Prakash Raj
Vishwanath

Poonam Kaur
Air Hostess Vimala Gupta

Sana Khaan
Sandhya

Elango Kumaravel
Subash

Babloo Prithiveeraj
Shining Star Chandrakanth

Manobala
Narayana Shastry

Brahmanandam
Director Rajesh Kapur

Ravi Prakash
Flight Captain Girish
Sricharan
Yusuf Khan and Ranganathan
Gaganam is a action, drama, thriller film released in 2011 exploring themes of airplane hijacking, rescue operation. Directed by Radha Mohan, it stars Nagarjuna Akkineni, Prakash Raj, Poonam Kaur. When terrorists hijack a plane from Chennai, a struggle with the pilots damages the engine forcing them to make an emergency landing in Tirupati. NSG commando Ravi is entrusted with rescue operations.
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