

Airlift
2016-01-22 · 126 min · ★ 7.1
When Iraq invades Kuwait in August, 1990, a callous Indian businessman becomes the spokesperson for more than 170,000 stranded countrymen.
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Production details
- Directors
- Raja Menon
- Production companies
- T-Series, Hari Om Entertainment, Cape of Good Films, Viacom18 Studios, Abundantia Entertainment, Emmay Entertainment
- Countries
- India
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- USD 4,500,000
- Revenue
- USD 32,000,000
Top Cast
Akshay KumarRanjit Katyal
Nimrat KaurAmrita Katyal
InaamulhaqMajor Khalaf Bin Zayd
Prakash BelawadiGeorge Kutty
Kumud MishraSanjeev Kohli
Feryna WazheirTasneem
Purab KohliIbrahim Durrani
LenaaDeepti Jayarajan
Ninad KamatKurien
Gunjan MalhotraMeher
Nissar KhanAshok
Pawan ChopraIndian Ambassador Brij
Kaizaad KotwalPoonawalla
Avtar Gill
Surendra PalExternal Affairs Minister
Arun BaliBauji
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