Airlift

Awards

Album Awards:
• 2016 - Zee Cine Awards - Best Background Score - Arijit Datta
Song Awards:
• 2016 - Mirchi Music Awards - Mirchi Listener Song Of The Year - Soch Naa Sake - Kumaar, Amaal Malik, Tulsi Kumar, Arijit Singh
• 2016 - IIFA Awards - Best Female Playback Singer - Soch Naa Sake - Tulsi Kumar

Trivia

Album

• The film's premise was inspired by the real-life story of Mathunny Mathews aka Toyota Sunny, a Kuwaiti resident of Indian origin who helped organise the evacuation of about 1.7 lakh Indians during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990. This effort is considered the largest civilian evacuation in human history. The film was well-received by critics and audiences but upset the Indian government diplomats who were involved in the evacuation efforts in 1990. They were not happy to be portrayed as villains and claimed that the film was poorly researched.[1][2]
• Akshay Kumar did not take a fixed remuneration for the film. Instead, he took 80% of the film's profits as his fees.[3]
• While the film's music was released in December 2015, the film itself was certified and released in January 2016.

Song

• Soch Naa Sake - This song was adapted from the Punjabi non-film song "Soch" (2013). The original song was composed by B. Praak, written by Jaani, and sung by Hardy Sandhu.[4]
• Dil Cheez Tujhe De Di - The "De Di" refrain in this song may have been inspired by the international hit song "Didi" by the Algerian artist Khaled.[5]

1. ^ Airlift: Akshay Kumar's next a thriller of the biggest human evacuation
2. ^ Why Diplomats, Officials Are Upset With Akshay Kumar's 'Airlift'
3. ^ Akshay Kumar to not charge a penny for 'Airlift'
4. ^ Soch - Hardy Sandhu
5. ^ Didi - Khaled