'Airlift' is presented by T-Series and Cape of Good Films; produced by Crouching Tiger and Emmay Entertainment. Directed by Raja Krishna Menon, 'Airlift' is an Entertaining Thriller on the biggest human evacuation in the history. Starring Akshay Kumar in lead, the film has Nimrat Kaur, Purab Kohli, Lena and others.

The film has Akshay playing Ranjit Katyal, a wealthy and powerful Indian businessman settled in Kuwait. Being an Indian, he always saw himself as a Kuwaiti. He soon figures that his family is in danger and he no longer has any influence on the Iraqis. He then becomes the man who is looked upon by 1,70,000 Indians who were stranded in Kuwait, for safely getting them out from Kuwait.

With the help of Ranjit, these Indians manage to survive the Iraqi invasion and travelled thousand kilometres across the border into Amman, from where the largest and successful human evacuation took place in the history of the world.

'Airlift' will hit theatres on January 22.