Akshay Kumar Movie: Every year on the occasion of Republic Day, some film or the other definitely hits the theatres. Till now, many films have created a lot of buzz at the ticket window by releasing on this special occasion. This time on the occasion of Republic Day, Sunny Deol and Varun Dhawan's film 'Border 2' is going to be released. Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar has also brought his films on this occasion many times. One of his films, released 10 years ago, also made huge profits on Republic Day.
Akshay Kumar Release four to five films every year. Akshay, who was seen in four films in 2025, will be seen in many films in 2026 also. Akshay has also made his mark for patriotic films. Till now, he has appeared in many patriotic films in his 35 years of career. Today we are also telling you about one such picture of his, whose earnings were a big hit at the box office. It has now completed 10 years since its release.
Here we are talking about Akshay Kumar's best film 'Airlift'. This picture was released today (22 January) 10 years ago in 2016. Along with Akshay, famous actress Nimrat Kaur played an important role in it. In this picture of Akshay and Nimrat, the story of the safe evacuation of thousands of Indians from Kuwait is shown. Let us tell you that in the 1990s, Iraq had attacked Kuwait. Then thousands of Indians were stranded in Kuwait.
Akshay was seen in the film in the role of a businessman named 'Ranjit Katyal' who even risks his life to protect Indians. Chitrangada played the character named Amrita Katyal. It was directed by Raja Menon, while the producer was Nikhil Advani.
Airlift was prepared by the makers with a budget of Rs 30 crore. This film had earned Rs 128.10 crore at the Indian box office. Whereas its worldwide collection was recorded at Rs 228 crore. Which is 7 times more than the budget.
