![]() Like the January release Airlift, Madhvani’s movie puts Neerja at the front of the action. As far as psychological motivations for Neerja’s actions go, this is all we get. ![]() The filmmakers overcome the difficulty of not knowing what was going on inside the young woman’s head by inserting flashbacks to her troubled marriage and her father’s constant encouragement to be brave. Neerja transforms into a heroine for the ages soon after the terrorists take over the plane. When she gets on to the ill-fated flight, she is the very picture of victory against adversity. Neerja has overcome a violent marriage and returned to the family fold, and she has a job she loves, a boyfriend (Shekhar Ravjiani), and several modelling assignments. ![]() The opening sequence inter-cuts between Neerja (Sonam Kapoor) and her loving family in Mumbai on the night before she leaves for her assigned flight and members of the Abu Nidal Organisation preparing for the attack in Karachi. Ram Madhvani’s movie, based on a screenplay by Mary Kom writer Saiwyn Quadras, focuses on the hours leading up to the attack and its immediate aftermath.
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