Ram Madhvani's Neerja which completed seven years on February 19, is about a 23-year-old Rajesh Khanna fan who goes to her death thinking dialogues from Khanna’s most famous films. In one of the film’s most absurdly poignant scenes, a terrorist orders Neerja to sing a song. Fighting back her fear and disgust Sonam Kapoor — who became a Rajesh Khanna fan while shooting for the film —sings Mere Sapnon Ki Rani Kab Aayegi Tu.
Was Neerja Bhanot, the airhostess who on September 5, 1986 perished while trying to save lives in a hijacked aircraft, really a Rajesh Khanna fan? In the film version of her life the zany, feisty and exceptionally courageous (as we soon discover) Neerja Bhanot is a fanatical Rajesh Khanna fan… Or maybe fanatical is not a word we ought to use, considering…
