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Airlift

"170,000 Refugees, 488 Flights, 59 Days, 1 Man"

2016

2h 6m

7.2(224 votes)

Drama

Thriller

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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10 featured cast members

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Akshay Kumar

Ranjit Katyal

Nimrat Kaur

Amrita Katyal

Inaamulhaq

Major Khalaf Bin Zayd

Prakash Belawadi

George Kutty

Kumud Mishra

Sanjeev Kohli

Feryna Wazheir

Tasneem

Purab Kohli

Ibrahim Durrani

Lenaa

Deepti Jayarajan

Ninad Kamat

Kurien

Gunjan Malhotra

Meher

Creative team

Directed by: Raja Menon
Written by: Ritesh Shah
Suresh Nair
Produced by: Bhushan Kumar
Nikkhil Advani

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