Credited cast: | |||
Sonam Kapoor | ... | Neerja Bhanot | |
Shabana Azmi | ... | Rama Bhanot | |
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Yogendra Tiku | ... | Harish Bhanot (as Yogendra Tikku) |
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Abrar Zahoor | ... | Safarini |
Jim Sarbh | ... | Khalil | |
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Ali Baldiwala | ... | Mansoor |
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Vikrant Singta | ... | Fahad |
Parthaa Akerkar | ... | Flight Passenger (as Parth Akerkar) | |
Madhu Anand Chandhock | ... | Rahima Mohammed | |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Kirti Adarkar | ... | Passenger |
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Hayder Ali | ... | Passenger Munawar Masih |
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Amarjit | ... | Passenger (Zayed Hasan) |
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Arjun Aneja | ||
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Yugesh Anil | ... | Benett A |
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Bobby Arora | ... | Sardar Family Friend |
Neerja is the story of the courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on the Pan Am flight 73 in 1986. The flight was hijacked by a terrorist organization.
Novice director Ram Madhvani has given emotional tribute to Indian daughter. Script was really brilliant. Good to see the inclusion of dialogues of KAKA's filmography like Zindgi badi(Big) honi chhaiye, Lambi nahi. Great narration of story using flashbacks. Performance wise this movie has the best performance of Sonam. Great contribution of Shabana as mother of Neerja. She was terrific through the cinema. Yogendra and Shekhar were good in small role. Jim Sarbh surprised the audience with role of eccentric terrorist. Neerja shown another dimension for Bollywood. This genre of cinema must need support from audience to survive and spread blossom across the world.