Neerja's mother, Rama (Shabana Azmi) asks her to leave the airline and go back to modeling. She then went to work for Pan Am Airlines. ![]() Eventually, Neerja made the socially difficult decision to get a divorce. She was a model, but her emotionally abusive husband pressured her to quit so she could spend more time and energy tending to his needs. She's a happy and vibrant young woman, as we see during a birthday party early in the film. Neerja Bhanot (Sonam Kapoor) is a 22-year-old flight attendant, about to celebrate her 23rd birthday. Hollywood, THIS is how you tell a true story. These Indian filmmakers respected history enough to tell this story as it actually happened, accurate in the film's major plot points and its relatively minor details. No typical Hollywood phrases like "inspired by a true story" or "based on true events" were needed. This story needed no embellishments, and screenwriters Saiwyn Quadras and Sanyukta Shaikh Chawla along with Ram Madhvani, directing only his second feature film, clearly understand that. The drama "Neerja" (NR, 2:02), about one of India's national heroes, is a prime example of that. ![]() Hollywood filmmakers could learn a few things from filmmakers in India when it comes to making a movie about a true story.
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