What happened to the Kuwaiti woman after evacuation in Airlift?
I watched an Indian movie Airlift (2016) starring Akshay Kumar. The movie is based on a true story.
It showed (as a subplot) a Kuwaiti woman with an infant child who wanted to escape Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990.
Now, I want to know whether that happened in the true story too. And if it happened then who was that Kuwaiti woman and where is she now?
Best Answer
Nobody knows because she might not even exist.
Starting from the movie disclaimer
They explicitly mentioned that all the movie characters are a work of fiction and its just inspired by the real life event. The film even got criticism for wrong portrayal of the Indian government.
Even the film's protagonist is fictional and there was no exact person by that name or background, he is even said to be a fusion of multiple real-life characters of that event. So we can't be sure of the supporting cast either and the movie doesn't even claim for exact historical portrayal either, so we can assume that the Kuwaiti woman was not Airlifted. But there is no explanation for any character's real life counterpart, so we can't be sure.
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Who was the Kuwaiti girl in airlift?
In 2016 Feryna appeared in film Airlift as Tasneem alongside Akshay Kumar and Nimrat Kaur, set in Kuwait 1990 when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. She also acted in a short British film titled as A Secret Heart by director Cary Shawney. In this film, she is seen in the role of a British Jewish girl from World War 2.Is Ranjit Katyal real?
On 22 January 2016, Airlift, a Hindi film playing Akshay Kumar as Ranjit Katyal, a fictional character somewhat merged character based on Mathunny Mathews and Harbhajan Singh Vedi was released.Is airlift a true story?
The plot is adapted from real life story of a Kuwait-based Malayali businessman Mathunny Mathews. Airlift opened theatrically worldwide on 22 January 2016, coinciding with Republic Day weekend.How is Ranjit Katyal?
To all your surprise, Ranjit Katyal is a fictional character and not a person in real life. Yes, there was not one person behind this massive evacuation. The real evacuation(airlift) was carried out between Amman, capital of Jordan and Delhi. It was all possible because of heroics of our Ministry of External Affairs.Airlift : The real hero behind 1990’s Kuwait ‘Airlift’?
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