Airlift is a 2016 Indian war thriller film directed by Raja Krishna Menon, and starring Akshay Kumar and Nimrat Kaur.[4] The script, written by Raja Krishna Menon developed the idea after studying the whole incident of the war, and which he subsequently expanded. The film follows Ranjit Katyal(Akshay Kumar), a Kuwait-based businessman, carries out a biggest civil operation of evacuation of Indians based in Kuwait during the Iraq-Kuwait war carried out during the reign President Saddam Hussein of Iraq.[5][6]
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.
Airlift was theatrically released on 22 January 2016, with an international premiere being held on 21 January. The film was preceded by high audience and commercial expectations.yes