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Airlift

"170,000 Refugees, 488 Flights, 59 Days, 1 Man"

2016

2h 6m

7.1(199 votes)

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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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अक्षय कुमार

Ranjit Katyal

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Nimrat Kaur

Amrita Katyal

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Inaamulhaq

Major Khalaf Bin Zayd

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Prakash Belawadi

George Kutty

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Kumud Mishra

Sanjeev Kohli

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Feryna Wazheir

Tasneem

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Purab Kohli

Ibrahim Durrani

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Lenaa

Deepti Jayarajan

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Ninad Kamat

Kurien

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Gunjan Malhotra

Meher

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Sameer Ali Khan

Prince

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Nissar Khan

Ashok

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Pawan Chopra

Indian Ambassador Brij

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Kaizaad Kotwal

Poonawalla

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Avtar Gill

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Surendra Pal

External Affairs Minister

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Arun Bali

Bauji

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Bachchan Pachera

Old Indian

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Ritika Badiani

George's Daughter

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