Hero Hero of Airlift was not Ranjit Katyal, but was Sunny Mathews and vedi. This is revealed by Raja Krishna Menon and Sunny's grand daughter Riya. Let me tell you, Katyal role is played by Akshay Kumar. What told film director and Riya : -Director told when he was doing research about this film then he got to know about Sunny and Vedi. -This is out the real work was done by Sunny Mathews -Non-Official comity was made of them and ran rescue operation. -On the other hand, Riya also posted a post on FB. -Earlier Ranjit Katyal role was assumed as fiction, but there role was based on their work. Ranjit Katyal is a ficticious man : -In rescuing,Ranjit played very important role in the film. But this is not the truth. -In this operation, Indian Government and AirIndia were from beginning to end. -However in an interview, Akshay kumar told Ranjit Katyal character is real. Riya posted this message before a day of release : -She wrote - Today Airlift got released, a movie based on the largest civil evacuation (Indian based n Kuwait) during Iraqi invasion in 1990. Akshay Kumar's leading role is based on a few people such as my grandfather, who facilitated the evacuation of nearly 170,000 Indians and brought them safely home. My Grandfather stayed through the turmoil of it all and put his life at risk to secure safety for all those he could help. He is a great man and through all his success has always stressed on the importance of Humility, gratitude and love, especially to those not so fortunate. An Inspirational icon who has touched the hearts of many and lived a life of service. I wish I could even be half the man he is. He may not have years left but through this movie, his legacy will live on and for what I Will be proud together.' One Kuwait Embassy officer took Sunny's name : -Ashok Kumar Sengupta, this interview was published in one English Newspaper. Ashok Kumar Sengupta that time was an officer of Indian Embassy in Kuwait. He told - The most difficult was to make travel documents of 1 lakhs people. Two planes were sent from Delhi. Ships has to reach afterwards. I was seeing the road way for the rescue. Sunny was very resourceful Indian, because he use to work in Toyota. Bus operator was made ready to make him out of Iraq via Road. This distance was 2000 Kms. Iraqi Army would have not attacked Indian army, because they were trained in India. Still this journey was very dangerous. Difficulties during Rescue : -Get Indians out from Kuwait was not easy. People did not wanted to go India leaving all their money they had earned here. -They that time ignored the dangerous situation and wanted to live like that only. -Some were not having valid travel papers. -It was difficult to rescue from Kuwait, so Indians were asked to come Amman Airport.