![]() Airlift is an uplifting and entertaining edge-of-the-seat thriller and is the story of the biggest ever human evacuation in the history of mankind. Over 59 days, the Indian government systematically flew over 488 Air India commercial flights into a war zone to evacuate and safely bring them back home. From Amman, 170,000 Indians were brought home by the largest and the most successful evacuation ever attempted by any country, in the history of the world. Airlift is the story how the Indians, 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. It is in this scenario that Ranjit Katyal (Akshay Kumar), a wealthy and powerful Indian businessman, who has always seen himself as a Kuwaiti, rather than an Indian, realises that he no longer wields any influence on the Iraqis, and that he and his family are in as much danger as anyone else. Kuwait was home to almost 170,000 Indians, all of who had suddenly lost all their money, were homeless and scared for their lives. The Kuwaiti royal family managed to escape to Saudi Arabia, leaving the state rudderless. The Iraqi army took over the city within a few hours. Story in detail: On August 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. The story, based on real incidents, is set in 1990 in Kuwait, the time of the famous Gulf War when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. The movie is an edge-of-the-seat entertaining thriller. Airlift is an uplifting and entertaining edge-of-the-seat thriller and is the story of the biggest ever human evacuation in the history of mankind.Airlift movie is inspired by real life incidents of human evacuation especially in war zone areas. Over 59 days, the Indian government systematically flew over 488 Air India commercial flights into a war zone to evacuate all 1,70,000 Indians and safely bring them back home. From Amman, 1,70,000 Indians were brought home by the largest and the most successful evacuation ever attempted by any country, in the history of the world. 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. Airlift is the story of Indians stranded in Kuwait during this traumatic time. Ranjit unknowingly becomes the man who all 1,70,000 Indians look up to for getting them out safely from Kuwait. ![]() The Film: It is in this scenario that Ranjit Katyal (played by Akshay Kumar), a wealthy and powerful Indian businessman, who has always seen himself as a Kuwaiti, rather than an Indian, realises 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 Katyal is an opportunistic Kuwaiti businessman who does not think twice before cutting. ![]() It takes its own sweet time to set up, but when the story proceeds, it literally 'takes off'. Not only was India financially in trouble, but also 40% of its crude oil came from that region that was now stuck because of the war. The story of one of the largest rescues is nicely packaged here as a movie and presented with Akshay Kumar at his earnest best. The India Political scenario in 1990: Politically, India was at its most unstable with VP Singh as its Prime Minister, with the opposition threatening to bring the government down. Neither could they, as they did not have valid travel papers as the employers used to hold on to their employee passports once they landed in Kuwait, and those Kuwaiti employers were either dead or had fled by then. The evacuation was no easy task, as most Indians were not ready to leave everything they had worked for so hard, for so many years. Some of the Indian businessmen got together to form a group that would oversee the evacuation of the huge Indian contingent from war-torn Kuwait. Kuwait was home to almost 1,70,000 Indians, all of who had suddenly lost all their money, were homeless and scared for their lives. The city was looted and the general population subjugated and made to suffer great tragedies at the hands of the Iraqi army. On August 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. But, both the OPEC and Kuwait refused, leaving Iraq furious. Iraq wanted the OPEC (Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) and specifically Kuwait, to reduce oil production to create a scarcity of oil leading to increasing oil prices, thereby helping Iraq raise more money. Facts of History: August 2, 1990, Saddam Hussein invades Kuwait Saddam Hussein’s Iraq in 1990 was in debt to the tune of US $80 billion because of the long-drawn Iran conflict that it had undertaken.
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