DETAIL
Neerja is biopic thriller Indian film about an air hostess named Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on the Pan Am flight 73 in 1986 from a terrorist organization in a hijacked flight.
The movie released in the year 2016, which was directed by Ram Madhvani and written by Saiwyn Quadras and Sanyuktha Chawla Shaikh. It was produced by Atul Kasbekar's company, Bling Unplugged, alongside Vijay Singh's Fox Star Studios.
CAST
? Sonam Kapoor as Neerja Bhanot
? Shabana Azmi as Rama Bhanot, Neerja's mother
? Yogendra Tiku as Harish Bhanot, Neerja's father
? Shekhar Ravjiani as Jaideep, Neerja's friend
? Jim Sarbh as Khalil, a terrorist
? Vikrant Singta as Fahad, a terrorist
? Sadh Orhan as Saad Mallik, Inzamam's subordinate
? Abrar Zahoor as Zayd Safirini, a terrorist
? Ali Baldiwala as Mansoor, a terrorist
? Kavi Shastri as Naresh, Neerja's ex-husband
? Bobby Arora as Ayn Zoya
? Edward Sonnenblick as Capt. Jack Snipes
? Arnold Malek as Capt. Harrison James
? Waqar Khan as Co-Pilot Richard Bertrand
? Nikhil Sangha as Akhil Bhanot, Neerja's brother
? Arjun Aneja as Aneesh Bhanot, Neerja's brother
PLOT
The film begins in Mumbai's Navjeevan Society where Neerja lives with her family after getting divorce from her husband Naresh.
Simultaneously how a group of Libyan terrorists were getting ready to go on a mission(which was to hijack a flight) was also shown.
Neerja is a fan of Rajesh Khanna and she is constantly mouthing dialogues of the superstar or singing his songs. Back from a modelling assignment, she gets to bed after dinner and requests her mother to wake her up at 1 am because she has to go for her duty as an air hostess on Pan Am flight 73 which was to go New York via Karachi and Frankfurt.
Her boyfriend Jaideep(Shekhar Ravjiani) drives her to the airport. He gives her a letter and a birthday gift before seeing her off.
Neerja wants to open the letter but Jaideep makes her promise that she will only open the letter on her birthday that is September 7. The flight takes off normally. Neerja is the chief stewardess and does her due rigour. However when the flight halts at Karachi, the Libyan terrorists enter the plane. Since Neerja has warned the pilots, they left the cockpit ran to the air base. The terrorists therefore cannot fly the plane to Cyprus. The terrorists got frustrated and they released their angry on the passengers violently.
They are keen to target the Americans but Neerja prevented the terrorists from harming them.
The Pakistani Government did their best to distract the terrorist via talks so that the Pak military forces can reach the plane and save the passengers. After a long drawn drama with guns and grenades, the Pak military forces manage to outwit the terrorist. Neerja saves as many lives as she can. However when she tries to shield three childrens, she gets a bullet and dies.
After her parents immerse her ashes, Neerja Bhanot was announced Bravery Award. On her first death anniversary, her mother Rama cries as she tells people how she is so proud of her daughter Neerja for the brave feat yet she misses her each day.
Neerja Bhanot is the youngest recipient of the Ashok Chakra for bravery from India. She also got the Tamgha E Insaaniyat Award from Pakistan and the Special Courage Award from the USA.
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