The youngest woman to be awarded the Ashoka Chakra, Neerja Bhanot - , died saving 360 innocent passengers during a terrorist hijack on the Pan Am Flight 73 on September 5, 1986. She was all of 23.
Directed by Ram Madhvani, ‘Neerja’ is a Fox Star Studios presentation of a Bling Unplugged and Fox Star Studios production. The film starring actors Sonam Kapoor and Shabana Azmi in the lead role, and is set for release on 19th February 2016.