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title: 'Airlift (2016)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Raja Krishna Menon'
released: '2016-01-01'
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'India'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/airlift-2016'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4387040/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Airlift (2016)

2016 · Action, War · India

Original title: एयरलिफ्ट

## Synopsis

Airlift is a 2016 Indian Hindi-language political thriller film directed by Raja Krishna Menon starring Akshay Kumar and Nimrat Kaur, that follows Ranjit Katyal, a Kuwait-based businessman as he carries out the evacuation of Indians based in Kuwait during the Invasion of Kuwait by Saddam Hussein's Iraq which led to the beginning of the Gulf War. The film was jointly produced by Abundantia Entertainment, Cape of Good Films, Emmay Entertainment and T-Series on a total budget of ₹320 million. The plot is adapted from the real life story of Kuwait-based Indian businessmen such as Mathunny Mathews from Kerala, Harbhajan Singh Vedi etc.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Raja Krishna Menon](https://cinepixo.com/people/raja-krishna-menon)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ankit Tiwari](https://cinepixo.com/people/ankit-tiwari)
- **Producer:** [Nikhil Advani](https://cinepixo.com/people/nikhil-advani)

## Cast

- [Akshay Kumar](https://cinepixo.com/people/akshay-kumar)
- [Nimrat Kaur](https://cinepixo.com/people/nimrat-kaur)
- [Nissar Khan](https://cinepixo.com/people/nissar-khan)

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