Akshay Kumar's upcoming film Airlift caught the bull's eyes in terms of pre-release buzz and thanks to the thick story line and shocking trailer which was released recently.The film story was based on world's largest and most successful evacuation attempted by any country in th ehistory and it was none other than our own country India.
Airlift was based on massive evacuation of Indians from invaded Kuwait in 1990. The evacuation continued for almost 60 odd days. Now Akshay Kumar feels that the story 'Airlift' should be included textbooks.
"If you browse through World Guinness Book of Records, the biggest air evacuation was done by our beloved country and this is why I selected to do this subject. I always made a request that this big chapter should be there in our textbooks." said Akshay
India evacuated about 1,70,000 Indians to the homeland in 1990 and Air India entered the Guinness Book of records for being a largest evacuation done by any civilian airline. Akshay Kumar is playing the role of Ranjit Katyal who heads that mission.
Airlift was based on massive evacuation of Indians from invaded Kuwait in 1990. The evacuation continued for almost 60 odd days. Now Akshay Kumar feels that the story 'Airlift' should be included textbooks.
"If you browse through World Guinness Book of Records, the biggest air evacuation was done by our beloved country and this is why I selected to do this subject. I always made a request that this big chapter should be there in our textbooks." said Akshay
India evacuated about 1,70,000 Indians to the homeland in 1990 and Air India entered the Guinness Book of records for being a largest evacuation done by any civilian airline. Akshay Kumar is playing the role of Ranjit Katyal who heads that mission.