![]() She and her subordinates immediately hid all the passports under the seats and threw some of them into the rubbish chute. When the group asked her to collect passports of the passengers she realized they were asking that to recognize American citizens. When the terrorists recognized an American citizen, they shot him to death which alerted Neerja that the terrorists were targeting American citizens. Neerja quickly alerted the cockpit crew (pilot, co-pilot, and flight engineer) who immediately escaped through a hatch in the cockpit.īeing the next most senior member among the cabin crew Neerja had to take over the responsibility to handle the emergency. So they wanted the aircraft to fly to Cyprus by taking the entire passengers and crew as their hostages. Neerja movie about free#The terrorists wanted to free Palestinian prisoners imprisoned in Cyprus. They were believed to be members of The Abu Nidal Organisation (Ano), a group that was previously on the US State Department’s list of designated Foreign Terrorist Group. As soon as they got on the flight they made themselves and their wants known. At Karachi, 4 terrorists in the guise of airport security staff entered the flight. The mishap took place when the plane landed at Karachi. ![]() Everything was perfectly fine and the flight took off just like any other day. The Pan Am flight was scheduled to fly from Mumbai to the USA via Karachi with 380 passengers and 13 cabin crew. ![]() That was the last her mother heard from her. She bid adieu to her mother promising that she will think about it once she gets back. Her mother wanted her to quit her job as an air hostess and concentrate her career on modeling. On 5 th of September 1986, 2 days before her 23 rd birthday Neerja Bhanot took her ill-fated flight which she never realized will also be the last one. Within a year of flying, she was promoted to the post of Head Purser, which is the post of a senior most cabin attendant onboard. She maintained a successful modeling career and excelled at her job by pursuing both hand-in-hand. She never gave up her dream of a modeling career as well. She went to Miami, Florida for her training thereafter. Although there were 10000 applicants she easily qualified among the top 80. She applied for a flight attendant’s post with the reputed airlines ‘Pan Am’. That bitter event did not hinder her confidence to move on with her life. Unable to withstand the torture Neerja returned to her parents’ home in Mumbai. Even though it was made clear that it was a dowry-less wedding before the marriage, she was taunted with words that ‘ even a poor man would give something to his daughter in marriage’. The marriage turned bitter within the first two months due to dowry problems. Little did she realize that this event would be the turning point of her life. On March 1985, at the age of 22, she had an arranged marriage to Naresh Mishra, a UAE based businessman. Neeraj saved 359 of the 379 passengers and crew on board but lost her life in the act of bravery.Things were going fine for Neerja until 1985. She obstructed the hijack attempt by warning the pilots which resulted in grounding the plane. The movie is shown from the point of view of Neerja Bhanot, the flight’s head purser. The plot is based on a real-life event: Libyan-backed Abu Nidal Organization's hijacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Karachi, Pakistan, on 5 September 1986. It is a biographical thriller directed by Ram Madhvani. Sonam Kapoor played the titular role in Neerja released in 2016. Read to know about some of these movies here-Īlso Read | Sonam Kapoor To Begin Work On Hindi Remake Of Korean Film 'Blind' Post Lockdown Sonam Kapoor’s films that promote women empowerment Neerja There are a few films of Sonam that depicts the message of women empowerment. Since then she has appeared in 19 movies and received appreciation for many of her performances. Sonam Kapoor made her debut with 2007 released, Saawariya along with Ranbir Kapoor.
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