Airlift' character may win honours: Akshay Kumar

Superstar Akshay Kumar says the real-life character on which his 'Airlift' role is based might win a prestigious honour. Asked if his character from 'Airlift' deserves a national honour, Akshay said: "Perhaps after watching the film, it will happen."Akshay plays a character who had a crucial role in the evacuation of Kuwait-based Indians during the Iraq-Kuwait war in 1990.Another film "Neerja" is also based on a real-life incident, when flight attendant Neerja Bhanot saved many people before laying down her life on a hijacked plane in 1986.While Neerja received India's highest peacetime honour Ashok Chakra, Akshay's character did not receive any honour."The media was so vast during those times, but still no one came to know of it as it was a covert operation due to political reasons," Akshay said."The person on which my character is based actually exists. I haven't met him. His name is not Ranjit Katyal, his name is something else. It is only the name of the character and he's not been kept hidden.