The New Year has begun on an upbeat note for Bollywood superstar Akshay Kumar. The actor bags a huge round of applause for the trailer of `Airlift.` Based on the teaser that came a few weeks ago, a market study showed that the movie`s first day collections are reportedly tracking higher than his last few releases. It has the right doses of heroism and patriotism that immediately touch a chord with all of us who are proud of our country. Directed by Raja Krishna Menon, this edge-of-the-seat thriller, which also stars Nimrat Kaur, is based on a true story of the biggest ever human evacuation in the world that holds a Guinness World Record. On August 2, 1990 when Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, 1,70,000 Indians were rendered homeless and bankrupt. There was however, one hero, Ranjit Katyal (Akshay), who risked his own life and that of his family to help evacuate his fellow Indians.  It`s a heroic and patriotic story, based on true events, which could not have come at a better time than this Republic Day weekend.