Unfortunately, just another Bollywood film

Rating: 5/10 (22 January 2016)

Akshay Kumar was present for commercial purpose only. Nimrat Kaur doesn't impress as she had done a fine job in one of her previous film "The Lunch Box". Inaamulhaq playing Major Khalaf Bin Zayd is a good actor, but he doesn't seem convincing. His character feels like that of a jester. Making it a complete Bollywood film, the songs are an irritating lot. The screenplay was very simple and the character Ranjit played by Akshay had no major conflict as the road is clear for Ranjit at all times. There was no heart pounding moments which was a must for a film on rescue operation in foreign soil. Yes, it is based on a true story, but they do specify about the creative liberties taken, in the beginning of the film, so they could have been more creative without playing with the incident that happened. It is unfortunate that Ben Affleck made Argo. If he didn't, then Airlift would have at least been quite an average Bollywood film. For now, it isn't.