Only recently news was out that Akshay Kumar is coming up an entertaining thriller, Airlift` based on the biggest human evacuation in the history. Now here`s the lady for the hero.. Buzz is that Nimrat Kaur, who won hearts around the world with the well acclaimed film The Lunchbox`, has been chosen to play Akshay`s wife in Airlift`.

To be directed by Raja Krishna Menon, Airlift` 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.

With shooting commencing in April 2015, Airlift` is presented by T-Series and Cape of Good Films; produced by Crouching Tiger and Emmay Entertainment.