#Neerja movie spoiler tv#

Shabana Azmi as Neerja’s mother was spot on with her performance.The film, just like its story has some powerful and moving songs. Supporting cast too added to make this film a masterpiece in itself. She brought out the emotions and valor with utmost sincerity and honesty. The relationship between Neerja and her mother who lovingly calls her “Laado” is heart wrenching.This is undoubtedly Sonam’s best performance so far in her career. There’s also a sharp focus on the mundane. The powerful depiction of the courage is bound to move the audience to tears. All this help build an impressive character of Neerja in the minds of viewers.The film does a masterful job in evoking emotions. It is in the small rebellions of everyday life such as escaping from an abusive marriage or leaving her stable modeling career to become a flight attendant. Her courage doesn’t wait to be depicted when she sacrifices her life. It revolves around the life of an everyday woman who isn’t ordinary in her thoughts and actions. Backed by wonderful storytelling and powerful performances from the cast, Neerja hits all the right chords.This isn’t a typical biopic with the lead character pedestalized and exaggeratedly eulogized. Little did she knew, that he life would echo the very thought. The film highlights the bravery of Neerja Bhanot who fought the hijackers in her own smart way and didn’t think twice before laying down her life to save the passengers.“Zindagi lambi nahi, badi honi chahiye”, Neerja constantly reiterates this dialogue from her favorite film, Anand. Neerja, based on the real life account of a brave flight attendant Neerja Bhanot and directed by Ram Madhvani, will automatically make you salute this hero with tear- brimmed eyes.The story goes back to the year 1986 when a young and courageous flight attendant Neerja Bhanot gives away her life to save 359 on-board passengers on a Pam am flight hijacked by Libyan- backed Abu Nidal Organisation. A film that must be watched to honour a life not long but very, very large indeed. Your heart expands and contracts at the same time. Her photos that are shown in the end show a lovely young woman with an infectious smile on the verge of starting her life. You know the story, you know the end and right from the opening credits a sense of dread fills you. Neerja is a very difficult movie to watch. The song Aisa Kyun Maa will make you cry for sure. Shabana Azmi and Yogendra Tiku as her parents are simply wonderful. She doesn't hog any scene but quietly takes charge of the situation. She is ably helped by the large cast including the terrifying, confused hijackers. She reflects Neerja's steely determination to save her passengers. Sonam has a tough role to portray but she does it well. Neerja was a Rajesh Khanna fan and her dying message to her mother was 'Pushpa, I hate tears.' I wish the movie had cut down a little bit of the emotion towards the end and given us her positivity instead. The actual photograph shown later in the movie had a far greater effect than this little piece of gimmickry.

#Neerja movie spoiler tv#

Same with the special effect of showing a TV clip of Shabana as her mother receiving the posthomous Ashoka Chakra award from President Zail Singh. The audience was already overwrought by the tragedy unfolding on screen. It was almost voyeuristic and designed to elicit tears from the audence. There are scenes of her body coming back and that seemed like an invasion of a private moment to me. It is the post hijacking part of the movie that becomes a little bit too maudlin.

Her personality builds up from the happy go lucky person in the opening scenes to a person with presence of mind and a strong sense of duty that ultimately takes her life while shielding three young children from bullets. Interspersed are snippets from Neerja's life - her bad marriage, her new romance and her relationship with her parents who made her a strong individual. The tension, the confusion and the frustration on the part of the terrorists slowly builds up to the end where all hell breaks loose. The movie is taut and gripping from the beginning and the tension reaches a crescendo when the passengers escape after Neerja manages to open the emergency exits.

Based on the story of Neerja Bhanot, the 23 year old PanAm airhostess who lost her life while trying to save passengers when their plane was hijacked had left a deep impression on me when it happened and seeing it on screen brought the horror back in vivid detail. Real life stories of bravery and valour from seemingly ordinary folks always touch a deep chord within us and Neerja does exactly that.