Crappy film

A film of deceptively outspoken contemporary relevance, this is cinema at its most alert, alarming and alive.

If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

OK some of the characters are one-dimensional. And honestly for those of us who speak Arabic, the Arabic "spoken" by the terrorists was grating. "Akhu-ee" meaning "my brother" came out as "ahoy". If you are going to make a film, please employ actors who actually can speak the language or can learn how to do so. Otherwise this is a solid film. Well-paced, well-acted and reliable in terms of its commitment to historical accuracy. I found it particularly touching in the ways that Neerja's childhood and youth are contrasted with her circumstances on board the hijacked plane. Sonam Kapoor, Shabana Azmi and actor playing the father give very good performances.

I genuinely cannot comprehend how so many people gave this film positive reviews. It was an utter and absolute disaster! Where to even start?! Let's make a list, in no particular order and def not a 'complete' list either:* The ADR on this film (dialogue replacement done in a studio after the film is shot) is an utter disaster. Voices don't match the lips half the time, not mentioning the horribly flat and emotionless delivery. It's plain irritating. They shot 95% on closed set - why not record location audio?! Student films do better than that!* Script - slooow, dull, incredibly boring, cheesy, simply bad writing. So many terrible clichés, so many waaaay-over-the-top moments; half the time you just wanna laugh during scenes which try waaay too hard to appear dramatic.* Cardboard cutout characters - there's no development. Bad guys are simply 'bad' and have zero depth to them. "Good girl" is simply 'good' and while some effort has been made to develop her - the trivial, over-the-top flashbacks to her backstory are so clichéd you simply can't for a single second see her as a real person. (all the more embarrassing when the movie is based on a real person!)* Music - uggh! Over the top, cheesy and zero subtlety. The director's knowledge of filmmaking seems to focus here on the idea that "if i play cheesy happy music, my audience will be happy and if i play sad music, everyone will be sad". Instead of building emotion within the scene, he just plays an annoying, out of place melody and considers the job done. Waaay distracting, way frustrating.* Acting - awful! In their defense, even best actors couldn't save such a disaster of a film from sinking - but the cast of this film didn't even seem to try...* The background cast (extras) - in a film which features so many of its extras in roles closer to 'supporting characters' why do NONE of them seem to have any acting skills at all?* Those cheesy melodic/dancy sequences intercut here and there with tense action - simply laughable! You just can't take them seriously! I mean - when the film got halfway through, i half expected everybody on the plane, good or bad, to suddenly get up and break into a dance, cheerfully singing Jai Ho...The film was painful to watch, a complete disaster, one of the absolute WORST movies I've seen in a looong time. ZERO redeeming qualities. Does NOT deserve the one star i have to give it. Not a single word of positive feedback i could offer.

Neerja Bhanot, a young purser, gave her life in her attempt to save the lives of many dozens of passengers on board Pan Am Flight 73, which was hijacked by terrorists in September 1986. In so doing, she became a national symbol of bravery and heroism. Her story is well documented in this taut, inspiring and heart-touching thriller, which keeps its viewers on the edge of their seats as they witness this female hero fight for the lives of all those passengers who were forced to sit still and watch the atrocity of the four terrorists. Sonam Kapoor is the main lead here, and she makes the best of what many actresses would consider a dream role. This is clearly her best part, and she is very strong in her portrayal of Neerja's selfless bravery on board, as well as her steadfast determination not to succumb to societal mores in her personal life.The story develops at a fast pace, and is spite of its proceedings being well-known to all, the audience still wishes for a different outcome. Due credit for this would go to the direction, which combines elements of a suspenseful thriller and a strong human drama. It is the ending, however, which is a little too sentimental, but there it's Shabana Azmi's turn to shine and she does as usual. One cannot but feel for this woman and her daughter, but it's always inspiring to see how the sacrifice of Neerja, just as noted in the film, manages to immortalize her, so much that thirty years later a film is produced in her memory, and audiences are running to watch it. In the long run kindness is never left unnoticed. Long live Neerja Bhanot, may her selfless bravery and heroic sacrifice will never be left unrecorded in the pages of history.

In present there lots of real life based story movie are coming and doing very well. I really want to see this movie at the cinema but I watched at home at TV actually at that time I was busy. So, movie is real story based and they created it very nicely I really like there method of directing of this movie. In real story based movie director and actor must be very good in presenting the real person and real scenario. They both have done very great job. So, movie is all about hijacking of the plane. Movie starts from the home of neerja they showed little glimpse of her past life and family in-between the movie. Neerja is head air-hostess in the plane. Plane root is from Delhi to Frankfurt via stopping in Karachi. When plane landed in Karachi at that time hijacker from Libya hijack the plane and then the real story of the movie starts. Because of neerja warning pilots are able to leave the plane before hijacker can come to the cockpit. So, she bravely helps lots of people and save lots of people from getting killed at the end she died saving people. When movie end they are showing real picture of the neerja behnot at that time I really believe she was very beautiful even more beautiful than sonam kapoor.