Sonam Kapoor to play Neerja Bhanot on-screen, is she the right choice?

Sonam is all set to play the role of a flight attendant on the 70mm. Read on to know more…

Farhan Akhtar did it. So did Priyanka Chopra. And now it’s Sonam Kapoor, who is all set to join the biopic bandwagon.

Yes, word has it that a biopic is being planned on the life of Neerja Bhanot, the 23-year-old flight attendant who saved many lives during the 1986 hijacking of an American airliner in Karachi. And reportedly Sonam has been roped in to essay the role of Neerja.

The film will be directed by Ram Madhwani and written by Saiwyn Quadras of Mary Kom fame. However, there is no official confirmation from Sonam on this.

And now here’s what you need to know about Neerja. Neerja had joined the airlines after her marriage ended in less than a year following dowry pressure. She was the chief flight purser on the ill-fated Pan Am flight 73 airline that was hijacked by four terrorists on September 5, 1986, when it landed in Karachi. While the three-member American cockpit crew fled, Neerja took control of the situation. She hid the passengers’ passports so that the hijackers could not differentiate between American and non-American citizens, but was killed while shielding three children from bullets fired by the terrorists. Twenty passengers were killed and 100 others injured. Neerja was awarded the Ashoka Chakra posthumously, the youngest civilian in the country to be bestowed with the honour.

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