Airlift Page #7

- Sir.

Come on.

Get down.

D0 I have the right to risk my life...

Or should I get that in writing too?

Get into the bus.

She's Tasneem.

She'll be going with us to Amman.

She's a Kuwaiti.

You can come with us, in our car.

"The desire of my eyes..."

"...is to keep staring at your face."

"My slumbers are fi||ed..."

"...with only your dreams."

"They all lead me to you..."

"...a|| the paths in the world."

"| love you so much."

"You cannot imagine."

G0 meet Mr. Tripathi, okay.

Kohli, we've forwarded the proposal.

And we're talking

to the Air-Force chief.

We'll have to Airlift them.

But sir, 170,000 people

in Air-Force planes?

I know it's not possible.

- So then?

The Air India Chief has

been summoned in the morning.

Air India planes can do it,

can't they?

But, sir...civi|ian

aircraft in a war zone?

That's crazy.

Two dates.

Are we breaking a fast or eating a meal?

I'll take it if he doesn't want it.

Here you go.

No, mom, no dates.

Something else.

Baby, eat this now.

We'll eat 'ja|ebis'

when we get to India, okay.

Good girl.

You must help us with the evacuation.

We're commercial pilots, sir.

Not the Indian Air Force.

Look, we already had a

word with the Air India chief.

$0?

We have to fly planes

Into a war zone, not him

Yes.

And if we wanted to risk our lives...

...then we would've

joined the Air Force.

Why don't you volunteer

to fly the plane?

Sir, can I talk to them.

Look, there's no

question of forcing you.

It's your choice

whether you go or not.

But 175,000 people are

waiting for us in Jordan.

And their only fault is...

...that they're Indians,

but not our kin.

I can't give you a reason...

...t0 risk your lives for them.

It's best that you

find one yourselves...

...that would save their lives.

Meher.

I've seen so much news.

But never thought that someday

we'll be the news.

"|ndian Refugees in

Kuwait Because of |raq."

It's so confusing, isn't it?

Oh yes...

The Minister was asking...

...who's going to pay for all this?

I think the Finance Ministry

will have to jump in.

Will you talk to them or should I?

You do it, sir.

You see, they have no documents...

...s0 I'll try and get

temporary passports issued.

Ranjit.

Ranjit.

Don't get out of the car?

Officer, Indian.

Indian.

We all Indian.

We got permission

from President Saddam...

Papers...

- To go to Jordan.

Passport.

Show me the passport.

Don't try to ruin things now.

Get back.

Show me the passport.

I don't have passport. No passport.

But we assure you...

- Kuwaiti.

We're all Indian.

- Kuwaiti.

Kuwaiti.

- N0, no, no...we're not Kuwaiti.

Stop it. Stop it.

Passport. Passport.

- Stay inside, Amrita.

Indian. We're Indians, sir.

Two more people.

I want two more passports.

- No, no, no.

They are all Indians.

We don't have passports.

Kuwaiti?

- No, no, no...

No, Indian.

Kuwaiti...

We're Indian. Indian.

- Kuwaiti. - No, Indian.

Indian.

Dollar. Money.

- You take your money, I take your wife.

She's a Kuwaiti.

Let my boys have some fun.

Ranjit.

Stop it. Leave me.

Ranjit.

Ranjit.

Ranjit.

Help!

Please, n0...

Please, don't.

Please.

Drop your gun...and you all can live.

N0, no, n0...it can't be

done at your level, Mr. Kohli.

Why are you arguing, Mr. Chapekar?

I told you that the Minister

from Kuwait division...

Mr. Kohli, without confirming

at the secretary level...

...at the Amman embassy,

we can't issue temporary passports.

Please try and understand.

Let people come in...

...and I'll ask the Minister himself

to speak to you.

What now?

Will he open the gate?

I wonder what will happen.

Well done Kohli.

Sir...

Sir, what now?

Where are the others?

Some got down with Joseph.

And the rest are sitting on the buses.

Excuse me. Mr. Katiyal.

One question..

- Not now.

Mr. Poonawala,

please go sit in the bus.

Not now.

- Ranjit.

There are flags from all countries...

...but where's the Indian flag?

Do one thing, take her.

- Yes.

Hold my hand, Simu.

Mr. Kohli, I cou|d've

insisted for written orders...

But I am not.

Please hold on.

Hello.

Yes, Mohan.

Huh?

They're at the airport.

- They've already arrived...

...and you're still

stuck in red tape.

Mr. Kohli.

Will you please keep quiet?

P|ease.!

Hello...

Yeah, I'll do something.

Give me sometime, I'll do something.

Chapekar sir...they are our people.

They've already suffered a lot.

Please don't make

them suffer any more...

...by waiting for orders.

Please.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

We're around 170,000 Indians...

who've come from Kuwait.

And we've no clue what to do.

Look, all the people

standing outside...

...are waiting for

the same information.

You have to wait too, please.

Saddam has barged into our homes...

...and you're asking us to wait.

Look...n0 point in getting heated up.

I really don't know anything.

Please.

Hello.

Yes, from Delhi.

Yes.

Yes, sir.

Okay, sir.

Okay, sir.

Thank you.

"The one you forgot...

kept remembering you."

"You kept living on..."

"...and he kept dying for you."

"When he heard you moan with pain..."

"...he came to your rescue,

leaving everything behind."

"With happiness in your path."

"He's with you at every turn."

"Leaving everything behind."

"The one you forgot...

kept remembering you."

"Each of his moment

passed worrying about you."

Next.

Behram Poonawala.

Yes, next.

Meher Poonawala.

- Daljit Singh.

Next.

Your name?

Maam, what's your name?

Shazin.

Shazin what?

Shazin. Durrani.

And you?

- Ibrahim Durrani.

Husband-wife?

"Each of his moment

passed worrying about you."

"The world was with you...

while he was all alone."

"Each of his moment

passed worrying about you."

"The world was with you...

while he was all alone."

"The tears that were..."

"With happiness in your path."

How did you decide the seating?

Meaning, who sits in first class...

...and who sits in economy?

Well, I'll just check on that, sir.

Excuse me.

Otherwise it's very unfair.

Kohli.

Congratulations.

The first f|ight's about to take-off.

"Vande Mataram!"

"Vande Mataram!"

The World's biggest rescue operation.

Air India, Indian Airlines...

...and Indian Air Force

pilots flew 488 such flights.

The world has never witnessed nor will

probably ever witness...

a rescue operation of this scale:

India brought home, over a 100,000 of

her citizens

...wh0 were stuck in another country.

And we've brought our

people back safe and sound.

Congratulations, sir.

- Thank you.

Thank you.

- You did it.

Those we never met, and never

got the chance to meet later...

Many government officers

like Sanjeev Kohli...

...made this possible.

Birdy flew.

Plane flew.

Simu flew.

- N0.

Mom flew.

I flew.

How can I fly?

"The one you forgot...

kept remembering you."

Even today I get upset

over some problems in India.

lam still cynical.

But after boarding that last flight...

...| have never asked, what

has my country done for me.

"The one you forgot...

kept remembering you."

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