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Neerja is no doubt the career-best of Sonam Kapoor while you might have wished for more in terms of insightful and inspired performances from her, she gives the character the desired 'arm's length' gravitas.
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We are really thankful to Gill,” Bhanot said.In retelling the tale of Neerja Bhanot, the bold purser of the Pan Am flight hijacked in 1986, director Ram Madhvani brings an unusual sensitivity that is often lost in movies based on real-life based events.īollywood was offered several flawed 'hijack' stories but Neerja's seamless focus on the protagonist than on venturing into the motives of the perpetuators makes perfect sense and impact.Īnd that is where Madhvani deserves as a standing applause: For bringing out a multi-layered movie despite its uni-dimensional core.Īt the end of Neerja, you are rooting not just for this amazing brave young woman but also for her parents and siblings, her co-workers, the passengers and even the authorities in Pakistan (which makes it one firm reason for the country to lift the ban on the movie). Youth can learn three things from Neerja: you should be scared of none you should always do your duty and that there cannot be any compromise on self-respect. There is one chowk named after her in Mumbai but no memorial. “This is the only one in the country as far as we know. Residents of Ghal Kalan are proud that their village remembered Neerja and paid her tributes even before the biopic made her a household name.Īneesh Bhanot, Neerja’s brother based in Chandigarh, said family cannot thank Gill enough for the memorial.
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He added that “his decision was also aimed to ensure that the younger generation know who Neerja was and the courage she displayed at an young age”. The memorial was completed put on display in 2014,” Gill said. It was important to add authenticity to the whole look. Then I studied about design of the uniforms and the airplane that existed that time. This despite the fact that she was given the Ashok Chakra. Except for a few in Chandigarh, none of the respondents even those in Delhi were able to answer as to who she was. “It shocked me to find out that in colleges, schools and other places, people actually knew little about Neerja. He further said that he began working on Neerja’s sculpture after conducting a survey in 2013. Today we had tourists from Tamil Nadu who came here after hearing about Neerja’s story,” Gill told The Indian Express. Some even revisited and said that earlier they did not realise what a big sacrifice she had made for the country. In the past three days, people have been coming and saying that they watched the film and hence want to see her memorial too. I was really inspired by the sacrifice of this young woman when I decided to make her statue in 2013.
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It is the only memorial in the entire nation built in her memory.
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I never imagined that after the film, people would come down to my village and ask for the way to Neerja’s memorial. Of late though, it’s the Neerja sculpture that is attracting the most visitors, he says. ( Neerja movie review: Sonam Kapoor makes us believe she is, was, Neerja) The 43-year-old is behind all the sculptures in the village that are a tribute, to among other people, former president Abdul Kalam, Milkha Singh, Mahatma Gandhi, Subhash Chandra Bose, Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Dr B R Ambedkar and even victims of the Air India Kanishka crash of 1985. And it is all due to the efforts of Manjit Singh Gill (43), a sculptor who left his government job to make statues of “inspirational personalities”, that Ghal Kalan houses perhaps the only memorial to Neerja Bhanot in the country.