Frustrated they take their vengeance on the passengers. The terrorists therefore cannot fly the plane to Cyprus. since Neerja has warned the pilots, they leave the cockpit. However when the flight halts at Karachi, the terrorists enter the plane. Neerja is the chief stewardess and does her due diligence.

Neerja wants to open the letter but Shekhar makes her promise that she will only open the letter on her birthday that is September 7. He gives her a letter and a birthday gift before seeing her off. Her boyfriend (Shekhar Ravjiani) drives her to the airport. Back from a modelling assignment, she gets to bed after dinner and requests her mother to wake her up at 1 am because she has to take the Flight No 73 to New York via Karachi and Frankfurt. Neerja is a die hard Rajesh Khanna fan and she is constantly mouthing dialogues of the superstar or singing his songs. Simultaneously the director also shows how a group of Libyan terrorists are getting ready to go on a mission. The film starts in Mumbai's Navjeevan Society where Neerja resides with her parents and two brothers. Music composer Shekhar Ravjiani makes his debut and plays Neerja's love interest. Shabana Azmi plays the role of Neerja's mother. Sonam Kapoor plays the title role in this film that traces the journey of a 23-year-old flight attendant who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers. While the captain and some of the crew escaped, the 22-year-old Neerja died trying to save the passengers on September 5, 1986, just two days before her birthday. Neerja Bhanot was honoured with a posthumous Ashok Chakra award for her courage in a hijack situation in.The film is based on the life of air hostess Neerja Bhanot who was shot dead by terrorists who hijacked Pan Am Flight in Karachi on 5 September 1986. Neerja is the real story of young airhostess Neerja Bhanot who rescued 359 passengers when terror struck the plane they were travelling in and it was hijacked. Also Read - Sonam Kapoor-Anand Ahuja Make Pregnancy Announcement: 'We Can't Wait to Welcome You' The movie also stars Shabana Azmi as her mother and music composer Shekhar Ravjiani as her friend-cum-love interest. The Neerja trailer is sure to bring a tear to your eye. Sonam Kapoor stars as India’s brave flight attendant Neerja Bhanot in this biopic directed by ad filmmaker Ram Madhvani, and seeing the trailer of the movie, we can say that she is earnest.

The trailer of actress Sonam Kapoor‘s movie Neerja that was supposed to be screened with Shah Rukh Khan’s film Dilwale from December 18 has released for the online viewers.

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