People would give up for much less, but not Neerja. She was not part of any army, nor trained to deal with terrorists holding guns in her face. The other actors play their parts well, thus completing a well casted movie. Yogendray Tiku and Shabana Azmi play the parents, with Shabana demonstrating her acting finesse especially in the last 15 minutes.
They are raw, uncouth and vile – a no holds barred performance that should definitely win multiple awards next season (or given the way Bollywood awards work, maybe not). Not once do we get the chance to shake off the tension, and a lot of credit for this goes to the actors who portray the terrorists. The pace is fast, nervous and the screenplay is tight. I found this approach very refreshing and taut, rather than having a separate flashback for the backstory. In fact, a lot of sections of the movie have two stories running in parallel, one the present and the other the past experiences of Neerja (good and bad) that she is reminded of, that give her strength in the times of the crisis at hand. Two stories run in parallel, and in contrast – Neerja preparing for her first flight as head purser, and the terrorists preparing for the assault. Opening with a short peak into Neerja’s family, we find ourselves on the plane within the first 10-15 minutes. The movie does touch the surface of the realities of this job, and doesn’t go deeper than it needs to.īack to the movie. The reality is that this is one hard job, that comes with irregular hours making body clocks go haywire, having to deal with propositions from strangers and friends alike, and requiring a high level of patience and calmness that can be tested to limits. Largely perceived as a job that requires little skill other than looking pretty (a point spelt out by Neerja’s ex-husband in the movie), cabin crew often find themselves being judged unfairly, much like persons who work in the contact centre industry. However, having observed cabin crew from close quarters lately, I was interested to see how the director Ram Madhvani would handle this subject…more on that later.Ī bit on cabin crew. Not my absolutely favorite actress ( or should i say actor, to be politically correct). The premise was interesting, the story largely forgotten, but intriguing nevertheless…and Sonam Kapoor playing the protagonist. I had been eager to watch Neerja, from the time the first trailers came out a little more than a month ago.
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