Streaming on: Prime Video, Zee5 URI: The Surgical Strike It is set one month after the riots and looks at the irrevocable damage and aftermath the riots had over the lives of thousands of families. This film was based on the 2002 Gujarat riots. Shah Rukh Khan, who stars as Mohan Bhargava, gave one of the best performances of his career. Swades is inspired by the story of Ravi Kuchimanchi and Aravinda Pillalamarri, an NRI couple who came back to India and developed the pedal power generator, which eventually helped to light several village schools. The titular role essayed by Sonam Kapoor earned her the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance. This incident took place on 5th November 1987 and resulted in the death of 20 passengers, which included the head purser Neerja Bhanot. Ram Madhvani’s Neerja revolves around the highjacking of Pan Am Flight 73 in Karachi, Pakistan.

Akshay Kumar, who essayed the role of a Kuwait-based businessman, went on to win the National Film Award for Best Actor for his performance. The movie stars Rani Mukherji and Vidya Balan.Īirlift is based on the biggest human evacuation in the history of humankind when thousands of Indians who were based in Kuwait were evacuated by the Indian government after Saddam Hussain invaded the country. However, Manu Sharma along with several others was acquitted by the court in 2006. Jessica was model living in New Delhi and was killed by Manu Sharma, the son of a Congress-nominated Member of Parliament, Vinod Sharma. Streaming on: Netflix, Disney+ Hotstar No One Killed JessicaĪnother movie based on a murder, No One Killed Jessica explores the Jessica Lal murder case. The film follows the investigation of the murder of a teenage girl and the family servant from different perspectives including if the girl’s parents are guilty or innocent. Streaming on: Netflix, Jio Cinemas Talvarīased on the 2008 Noida double murder case, Talvar stars Irrfan Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, and Neeraj Kabi in lead roles. Directed by Ketan Mehta, the movie received critical acclaim. Manjhi was a poor laborer living in Bihar when a tragic incident causes him to carved a path that was 9.1 meters wide and 110 meters long through a hill using a hammer and a chisel. Nawazuddin Siddiqui essayed the character of Dashrath Manjhi who was popularly known as the Mountain Man. Streaming on: Prime Video Manjhi – The Mountain Man Poorna, a 13-year-old residing in Telangana, became the youngest girl to scale Mount Everest in 2014. Well, ask Poorna Malavath and she would smile and say – “I climbed the Mount Everest” (not figuratively). Watching cartoons, fighting with your friends over ‘Pepsi-cola’, or playing cricket would be the standard answers. For instance, if asked you what were you doing at the age of 13. Some movies make us feel crappy about ourselves. The award-winning film exposed the truth about the people involved in this gruesome attack which included customs officials and the border police. This Anurag Kayshap directorial was based on the 1993 bombings that took place in Mumbai.

Let’s take a look at our list of movies inspired by real-life incidents that did justice while taking on the task of depicting what really happened. Some of these movies are based on events that have created a lasting impact and deserve to be glorified through visual media, while other incidents are gruesome in nature but still need to be talked about to bring out the truth of the crime or the attack. Neerja Bhanot showed bravery and unique presence of mind in that era when air hostesses were looked upon as glamorous dolls and were not allowed to look after the security systems in flight.Movies are a powerful medium to create awareness about events that have gone down in history.

Neerja was recognized for her bravery and awarded with highest award in the three countries namely: India, America and Pakistan. Neerja was the Senior Purser in the flight Pam Am 73 flight, when the plane was hijacked by terrorists at Karachi Airport.Īlso Read: Who was Neerja Bhanot and how she died She said that when she got the script for the movie then accepted it readily. When asked, Shabana Azmi told how she was invited around 2 years back to present award to the late Neerja’s Mother, Rama and she connected so well emotionally with her. Sonam Kapoor is playing the lead role of the brave girl in the movie while Shabana Azmi is acting as her mother.Īlso Read: Sonam Kapoor in the role of Neerja Bhanot “Neerja” is a movie based on Neerja Bahnot who is better known as the heroine of hijack.

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