2016 · drama · thriller
Neerja
Directed by Ram Madhvani2h 2m2016
Neerja is a portrayal on the life of the courageous Neerja Bhanot, who sacrificed her life while protecting the lives of 359 passengers on the Pan Am flight 73 in 1986. The flight was hijacked by a terrorist organization.
Our read: Neerja (2016) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded drama · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme drama / thriller, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- heavy
- brisk
- intense
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