With a budget of ? 30 crore ( US$4.4 million) , the film premiered worldwide on 22 January 2016. The marketing of the film played an important role in the film’s promotion and collaborated with the flight company Air India , who had a major contribution in the evacuation of record-breaking number of Indians during the war.What he ( Akshay) does is very interesting; he brings in certain honesty to the film. He was so involved in Airlift and carried a belief with great commitment.
Everyone talks about Akshay’s discipline and rightly so. Otherwise you can’t really expect a star of his stature to give you the time to sit through, listen and understand the character and the film and then work on it.Critic Taran Adarsh was impressed with the film and admired its narration, rated the film four and half stars out of five. He stated in his tweet, Airlift is taut, engrossing, leaves a hammer-strong impact. Raja Krishna Menon is a director to watch out for. Deserves brownie points. #Airlift is a must must watch. One of the finest films to come out of the Hindi film industry. Just do not miss this