Hijack is an action thriller. The film revolves around Vikram Madan (Shiney Ahuja) who is a ground maintenance officer at the Chandigarh airport. His social life is limited to one friend, Rajeev, who is the Security Chief of the same airport. As luck would have it, the flight in which Vikram’s daughter was traveling to Amritsar from Delhi, is hijacked.
Acting
Shiney Ahuja commits fully to dad-in-crisis energy.
Practical Effects
Actual airport locations give accidental documentary realism.
Director
Kunal Shivdasani
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Kunal Shivdasani's only feature; he returned to advertising afterward. The plane set was reportedly built in a Mumbai warehouse in 45 days.
Released months after 26/11 Mumbai attacks, making its terrorism plot accidentally topical and commercially doomed. Indian audiences largely rejected airport thrillers for years after.
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