There is a virile vividness about the trailer underscored by
the presence of a hero who is at once strong and vulnerable. Akshay Kumar’s
incredible and growing-with-every-film screen presence is increasingly being
used by filmmakers to create a historical perspective in our cinema. We saw him
tackle global terrorism with unostentatious panache in Baby.
In Airlift it’s a more intimate chunk of thrilling history
chosen to spotlight the actor’s ability to be so convincingly and
unconditionally heroic during times of unmitigated stress. As Akshay tells us ,
this is Kuwait in August 1990 when a trigger-happy lunatic decided to take over
leaving 1 lakh 70,000 Indians stranded in
the grip of a stunning siege.
This is the story of an Indian businessman Rajat Katiyal who takes it on himself to carry the Indians
stranded in Kuwait to safety .What impels men like Katiyal to assume a heroic
role under duress?
The trailer of Arlift answers this question in a very direct
way: when calamity strikes, heroes come up on their own volition.
The smartly executed action sequences and Akshay Kumar’s
towering presence indicate the arrival of an important new director Raja
Krishna Menon . The packaging of the material is so precise and unapologetic we
get the feeling of being there during the time of the action. The trailer is
shot with tremendous savoir-faire, going neither overboard with the thrillers,
nor downplaying it just to seem cooler than Argo.Or Baby.
One hopes the other characters are fleshed out with as much
care as Akshay’s. In the trailer it’s Akshay’s heroism-under-pressure all the
way.
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