Neerja is the story of the courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on the Pan Am flight 73 in 1986. Born to Harish and Rama Bhanot on 7 September 1963 in Chandigarh, she was the darling of her family, which included two brothers, all of whom called her their ‘lado’. ThePrint has the finest young reporters, columnists and editors working for it. Pageviews for each item are divided by the aggregate number of pageviews generated by the items displayed. In 2016 a film entitled "Neerja" was released, portraying her herioc life. A Pakistani submarine, Ghazi plans to secretly attack Vizag port. Bhanot hid passports of passengers so the hijackers could not determine passenger nationalities.

When the hijackers eventually decided they had had enough and opened fire, Bhanot worked fast to evacuate as many passengers as she could via the emergency exit. 18 of 25 people found this review helpful.

There have been brutal layoffs and pay-cuts. There are moments in the second half where the plot seems to drag. Was this review helpful to you? You can learn about the Neerja Awards and the trust at https://www.facebook.com/The-Neerja-Bhanot-Page-109643142413675/, Pan Am Documentary "Across the Pacific" on Public TV, Make your donation to support PAHF's mission, or to honor someone special, Back to PAHF's Welcome Page: Slideshow/Latest Articles, http://www.wnsstamps.post/en/stamps/IN036.04, https://www.facebook.com/The-Neerja-Bhanot-Page-109643142413675/. Her calming presence also, it is said, kept the passengers’ and crew members’ anxieties in control for 17 hours as she served sandwiches and beverages and tried to boost their morale, even as the terrorists killed a passenger and threw him out of the plane. Sanju is a biopic of the controversial life of actor Sanjay Dutt: his film career, jail sentence and personal life. You must be a registered user to use the IMDb rating plugin. Sensing that the hijacker’s key targets were Americans, Bhanot and her crew hid those passports under the seats and in the trash chute. The book has 11 chapters which have been written by the people who shared their lives with Neerja. Use the HTML below. Her citation states: “Her loyalties to the passengers of the aircraft in distress will forever be a lasting tribute to the finest qualities of the human spirit.”. Sustaining journalism of this quality needs smart and thinking people like you to pay for it.

With hardly any sign of self-indulgence, Sonam gives a solid performance. Kundan, the son of a Hindu pundit, discovers that his childhood sweetheart Zoya loves city-bred Akram and wants to marry him. Whether you live in India or overseas, you can do it here. The film, too, won a number of awards, including the National Award for the Best Feature Film in Hindi.

A story that revolves around drug abuse in the affluent north Indian State of Punjab and how the youth there have succumbed to it en-masse resulting in a socio-economic decline. The enraged hijackers ordered her to collect the passengers’ passports.