Jan 28, 2016 11:20 AM
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Airlift movie review: Akshay Kumar film is well executed and well-acted
This is a deftly done film, which does slide a little in the second half, but never abandons its mission: to tell a tale. Akshay Kumar leads from the front, but shares space when it is needed: Nimrat Kaur, in her second Hindi film after The Lunchbox, keeps pace with her co-star; Inaamulhaq as Saddam’s man-in-Kuwait, is suitably menacing, Belawadi as the annoying refugee really does make you want to slap him, Kohli is kohl-eyed and restrained and makes us feel for him, Mishra as the Dilli babu, disinterested at first, then taking charge, fits right in. Airlift is a good film, solidly plotted, well executed and well-acted. Just lose the songs, and the occasional underlined background music the good
