directed by: Raja Krishna Menon, year: 2016
actors: Akshay Kumar, Nimrat Kaur

Airlift is a tense historical drama recounting the 1990 Kuwait evacuation of over 170,000 Indians during the Gulf War. It centers on Ranjit Katyal (Akshay Kumar), a Kuwait-based businessman who becomes an unsung organizer of a massive civilian airlift. With grit, he battles bureaucratic inertia, airline constraints, and war-time danger to arrange flights and safe passage for families returning home, coordinating embassies, fuel, and ground support amid chaos.

Historical Drama, War Drama, Biographical, Based On True Events, Evacuation