Airlift
170,000 Refugees, 488 Flights, 59 Days, 1 Man
Rating: 7.1 out of 10TMDB(230 votes)
Overview
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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Box office
Grossed $32M worldwide, about 7.1 times its $4.5M budget
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Based on
Based on a true story
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Music
Music by Ankit Tiwari
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Suresh NairWriter
- Ritesh ShahWriter
- Raja MenonStory
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 22, 2016
- Original language
- Hindi
- Budget
- $4.5M
- Revenue
- $32M
- Countries
- India
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Cast
Akshay KumarRanjit Katyal
Nimrat KaurAmrita Katyal
InaamulhaqMajor Khalaf Bin Zayd
Prakash BelawadiGeorge Kutty
Kumud MishraSanjeev Kohli
Feryna WazheirTasneem
Purab KohliIbrahim Durrani
LenaaDeepti Jayarajan
Ninad KamatKurien
Gunjan MalhotraMeher- Sameer Ali KhanPrince
Nissar KhanAshok
Pawan ChopraIndian Ambassador Brij
Kaizaad KotwalPoonawalla
Avtar Gill
Surendra PalExternal Affairs Minister
Arun BaliBauji- Bachchan PacheraOld Indian
Ritika BadianiGeorge's Daughter
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