Fraudulent, Unimpressive and Lame

Rating: 2/10 (28 July 2016)

A Joint Secretary to the Government of India is a very senior position in the Indian Civil Service. This guy is a hotshot , who lives in a good accommodation, often a bungalow or a flat in a posh locality, a government vehicle exclusively in his service, his office is a strategically located spacious work station with an antechamber to filter the audience.
I do not know who did the research for this movie. Apparently he did not do his job and presumed that a Joint Secretary level officer is akin to a mid-level clerk in a Municipal Corporation office ( although I must concede , both do the same kind of work).
For a movie that is inspired from true events, it is glaringly unrealistic. The director tries to hard blow the patriotic trumpet but fails miserably.
No actor seems convincing. Some due to the pathetic acting ( Nimrat Kaur ) and some due to the shoddy characters they are given to play ( The Iraqi Military Guy).
The story changes gears abruptly and often without sufficient build up. There are very few scenes that hold the viewer's interest . For most part the film disappoints. There is no grip.
One is compelled to compare movies from the same genre and Airlift is a dud.
Even if one ignores the many factual inaccuracies in the movie , there are some sequences that are plain ridiculous. Like 1,70,000 ( a number repeated infinitely throughout the movies) people travelling in a convoy . Assuming each bus could carry 200 passengers , it would take at least 850 buses to achieve this feat. Just ridiculous.
To add to the viewer's misery the director also tries to fit in elements of the self righteous Indian willing to sacrifice his life to save a Kuwaiti woman and her child.
The movie becomes lamer and lamer with each passing scene . I would say avoid it .