Retired Wing Commander IK Khanna, who says he trained the Indian Air Force’s first batch of female pilots, has written an opinion column for The Print, claiming that much of what was shown in the recent film Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, especially with regard to the IAF, is inaccurate. “I was one of the instructors back in July 1994 …
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, the biopic of Flight Lieutenant Gunjan Saxena has been riddled with controversies post its release on Netflix recently. Gunjan Saxena's batchmate Sreevidya Rajan said that it was in fact her who was the first female pilot to fly to Kargil. Responding to the allegations, Gunjan had questioned why since July 1999 till the release of …
Former Indian Air Force pilot Gunjan Saxena, who finds herself in the middle of a controversy after the release of a recent biopic on her, has reacted to allegations made by a colleague about Gunjan not being the first female combat pilot of IAF, as has been said publicly on multiple occasions. Earlier this week, Gunjan’s coursemate, Flight Lieutenant Sreevidya …
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl is facing more allegations of factual incorrectness. While the Indian Air Force had objected to their portrayal in the film, Kerala-based IAF officer Sreevidya Rajan has now taken offence to the biopic. Sreevidya, who was posted with Gunjan Saxena at the IAF base in Udhampur, has not been shown in the film. Dharma productions latest …
Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, a biopic on the life of former Indian Air Force pilot Gunjan Saxena, has been at the centre of a controversy for its creative liberties. Sreevidya agreed that there were no separate toilet facilities and changing rooms for women at the Udhampur air base, as shown in Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, but their fellow …
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