Akshay Kumar Starrer AIRLIFT Similar To The Current Yemen Issue
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Thursday, 9th April 2015, 3:31 PM IST We all know that Akshay Kumar starrer ‘Airlift’ is based on a real incident that took place in 1990 when 1,70,000 Indians were brought back to India while a war was going on in Kuwait. And similar situation is currently happening again in real life. Thousands of Indians are being evacuated from Yemen to India because of the war in the former country. Nikhil Advani, the producer of the film said, "Yes, it is actually way too uncanny to see something like this happening. The history is repeating itself. We wanted to tell this story for its humane quotient. Full marks to Akshay for doing something like this. He was bowled over by the idea the moment he heard it." "We should celebrate what the government has done in the past and what it is doing today as well. It is unfortunate that these kind of things do not get noticed. ‘Airlift’ is our humble effort to let people know that there is so much more that Government does for our wellbeing, but, it unfortunately doesn't get highlighted as much. Thankfully, with the kind of open mindset that the industry has today, it has also become easier than ever before to get the right people come on board who can invest in talent and finance," he added. Director Raja Krishna Menon said, "One has to acknowledge the fact that our government has done this 25 years back too when resources were constrained and the political situation uncertain. Moreover, the sociological situation wasn't very positive either. Most of these 1,70,000 people, who were stuck out there were laborers. Just to explain to them what was going wrong and how they would be evacuated was a task in itself. Still, the government got it all done." "We didn't get to know much about it then and I am positive that even today, we don't get to know everything about what's really happening behind the scenes. In that way, it is pretty much a commendable achievement that we have numerous unsung heroes out there who do so much for the nation," he added. The movie which also stars Nimrat Kaur will be hitting the screens on 22nd Jan 2016. Now you can enjoy ad-free experience by downloading India’s first Box Office mobile app from here –Android: http://bit.ly/BOCapsuleMobileApp and iOS: bit.ly/BOCapsuleiOSApp |