Who is Ranjit Katyal in real-life?
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Who is Ranjit Katyal in real-life?
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Makers of Airlift recently acknowledged that Ranjit Katyal, played by Akshay Kumar, was a fictional character based on Mathews and another Indian businessman, Harbhajan Singh Vedi. The real-life hero had reached Kuwait by ship in 1956 at the age of 20 when the Middle East was wracked by the Suez Canal crisis.
Is Airlift real story?
Airlift is the first Indian film which is based on the Gulf War. The movie is based on the biggest evacuation operation of Indians in Kuwait during Saddam Hussein’s rule. The central character in the film, Ranjit Katyal is based on Mr Mathunny Mathews (popularly known as Toyota Sunny) a prominent businessman in Kuwait.
Who evacuated Indians from Kuwait?
Reportedly, Saddam Hussein also helped arrange buses from Baghdad to ferry Indians from Kuwait to Amman. Over the period of the next 2 months, i.e from August 13 to October 11, 1990, more than 1,70,000 Indians were airlifted and repatriated to India.
Who helped Kuwait in 1990?
Two years later, the Palestinian leadership also apologized for its wartime support of Saddam. In 1990, Yemen’s president, Ali Abdullah Saleh, a longtime ally of Saddam Hussein, backed Saddam Hussein’s invasion of Kuwait.
What happened to Indians in Kuwait?
Air India helped evacuate 170,000 people by civil airline. The operation was carried out before the Persian Gulf War in 1990 to evacuate Indian expatriates from Kuwait….1990 airlift of Indians from Kuwait.
| Airlift of Indians from Kuwait | |
|---|---|
| Executed by | Air India, Indian Airlines, Indian Air Force |
| Outcome | More than 170,000 Indian citizens evacuated. |
Who attacked Kuwait?
The Iraqi invasion of Kuwait was an operation conducted by Iraq on 2 August 1990, whereby it invaded the neighboring State of Kuwait, consequently resulting in a seven-month-long Iraqi military occupation of the country….
| Invasion of Kuwait | |
|---|---|
| Iraq | Kuwait |
| Commanders and leaders | |
| Saddam Hussein | Jaber III |
| Strength |
Is Ranjit Katyal a real person?
To all your surprise, Ranjit Katyal is a fictional character and not a person in real life. Yes, there was not one person behind this massive evacuation. The real evacuation (airlift) was carried out between Amman, capital of Jordan and Delhi.
Who is Ranjit Katyal in Akshay Kumar’s ‘airlift’?
New Delhi: Akshay Kumar’s upcoming movie ‘ Airlift ‘ – based on World’s biggest air evacuation carried out by Air India is attracting everyone’s attention for its storyline. Also, the character ‘Ranjit Katyal’ which is being played by Akshay Kumar in the movie is highly speculated.
Was Ranjit katiyal involved in the evacuation from Kuwait?
The real evacuation (airlift) was carried out between Amman, capital of Jordan and Delhi. It was all possible because of heroics of our Ministry of External Affairs. The MEA officials posted in Kuwait that time, the journalists and the people of Air India deny any Ranjit Katiyal during the whole operation.