MOVIE · 2020
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl
ActionAdventureDocumentaryDramaWar112 min
Gunjan Saxena follows a young woman determined to join the Indian Air Force, tracing her path from aspiring aviator to the 1999 Kargil War, where she became the first Indian female Air Force officer to fly in a combat zone. Janhvi Kapoor is Gunjan, moving through training, institutional resistance, and the pressure of serving in a role few women had been allowed to occupy. Pankaj Tripathi and Angad Bedi appear alongside her in a story built around military duty, personal ambition, and a landmark moment in modern Indian history.
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