Director Ram Madhvani is content with the performance of actress Sonam Kapoor in his forthcoming film, Neerja, which is a biopic on braveheart flight attendant Neerja Bhanot.
Asked if Kapoor was his first choice for the movie, Madhvani said: “Yes, from day one, I was very clear and I am happy that she said, ‘yes’. She had come to Chandigarh to meet Neerja’s mother, and when she walked into the house, her mother said, ‘Yeh toh laado aa gayi ghar pe’ [Laado has come home]. Neerja’s pet name was ‘laado’.
“Sonam has done complete justice to her performance in Neerja.”
The film features Kapoor as Pan Am chief purser Neerja Bhanot, who was gunned down by terrorists on a hijacked flight in 1986. She saved a number of lives, but lost her own in the process.
Madhvani said: “This film was my dream and I keep on saying that the film is blessed. It’s a very tough to make a film, especially this kind of a film.”
Neerja, by Fox Star Studios, will release on February 18 in the UAE.
