Her father’s life lessons to her are, `don’t let anyone kill your spirit.’ Quite like her screen idol, Rajesh Khanna from the movie Anand, the spirited youngster, wants to live `a badi(big) life not a long one.’ Though she’s bone-tired between her modelling assignments, Neerja loves to fly. She is addressed as Laddo(loved one) by her parents, Rama(Shabana) and journalist-father Harish(Yogendra Tiku). NEERJA is a movie that will make you a better person.Review: Neerja is the youngest daughter and the only girl in a family that has two older brothers. Most importantly as a movie watching experience, you'll be glued to the movie screen with tears and admiration welling up in your eyes. It is a film that will make you stand up for what's genuinely Right without bothering about nationality, religion, sex, cast or colour of the skin. On the whole, NEERJA is a must watch ode to the youngest recipient of the highest civilian honour Ashok Chakra for displaying extraordinary courage and human kindness. Vishal's background score adds the necessary fear and suspense. ' Jeete Hain Chal' and ' Gehra Ishq' are wonderful compositions and brilliantly written by wordsmith Prasoon Joshi. Vishal Khurana's music and background score adds value to the film. The songs are not allowed to be played for full duration, everything is kept that's essential and there's nothing superfluous in the film. At times it is hand held, making it that much more real. Mitesh Mirchandani's cinematography is excellent. One of the terrorists by the name of Khalil looks every bit a hard core terrorist with a maniacal bent of mind. Yogendra Tiku as Harish Bhanot is very effective in instilling fearlessness in his daughter. The entertaining way in which she speaks Punjabi, the state of temporarily losing one's mind and the way she becomes Rama Bhanot is a good enough reason in itself to watch the film. Shabana Azmi adds another feather to her illustrious cap.
Also, by the end you'd feel like saluting the heroic spirit of both Neerja as well as Sonam. Most importantly she internalizes the courageous spirit of Neerja who had a sound head during inhuman circumstances. The fact that Sonam has displayed astounding courage in real life at many an occasion by speaking about contentious subjects of national importance without bothering about the hate coming her way, she carries a certain credibility in this context that is very believable. Sonam Kapoor has delivered the performance of a lifetime. Sanyukta Chawla Shaikh's dialogues are bang-on in communicating the angst, pathos and fear very well. The opportune manner in which Neerja drives strength from the flashbacks of her family life (good and bad) literally pushes the right buttons of emotions among the audience. They are as afraid as the harried passengers. The terrorists are shown to be edgy and nervous. When Neerja tells the head of the terrorist group that she's just doing her duty the way they are doing theirs, it drives home a point. Ram Madhvani brings amazing perspective to the real life story by giving various points of view. The narrative goes back and forth in a very interesting manner. Saiwyn Quadras' smart and gripping screenplay is the backbone of NEERJA.
Her extraordinary courage and presence of mind saved the lives of most of the passengers as she put others before herself. The past suddenly percolates in the memory space, for Neerja had earlier been in an abusive marriage and now she was facing abuse from menacing terrorists. The ill-fated flight to New York on which Neerja is the head purser gets hijacked in Karachi by the Libya backed Palestinian terrorist group Abu Nidal. Neerja has a loving suitor in Jaideep (Shekhar Ravjiani). Her doting mother Rama Bhanot (Shabana Azmi) and an ever encouraging father Harish Bhanot (Yogendra Tiku) love to pamper their Laado. She is a diehard Rajesh Khanna fan and believes that one must live a Big life rather than living for long. Neerja Bhanot (Sonam Kapoor) is the purser at Panam Airlines. No compromise at the level of storytelling. As a movie watching experience, NEERJA is flawless. It is a rare film that will make you cry profusely but at the same time scaffold you with strength to raise your voice against injustice and why one must never compromise on self-respect. Ram Madhvani's NEERJA is a heroic story of a brave young girl Neerja Bhanot who displayed extraordinary courage during extremely dangerous circumstances.
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