Runway 34 Story

Runway 34 (Mayday) is a 2022 Bollywood drama movie directed and produced by Ajay Devgn under the banner Ajay Devgn FFilms and Panorama Studios. The movie stars Amitabh Bachchan, Rakul Preet Singh and Ajay Devgn in the lead roles. Runway 34 is inspired by a real incident of how a Boeing 737–800 aircraft narrowly escaped from bad weather and unclear visibility after facing difficulties to land at the Cochin International Airport. The movie also stars Angira DharBoman Irani, Aakanksha Singh and CarryMinati in prominent roles

The movie has its screenplay penned by Sandeep Kewlani and Aamil Keeyan Khan. Aseem Bajaj has wielded the camera for Runway 34.  The film was originally titled Mayday, later changed to Runway 34.

Release Date:

Runway 34 released in theatres on 29 April 2022.

Story In Detail

Runway 34 begins with flying prodigy Captain Vikrant Khanna AKA Vicky (Ajay Devgn) sneaking out of his hotel to enjoy a night out with his pal. A few hours later, he is assigned a flight from Dubai to Cochin (Skyline 777). Joining him is first officer Tanya Alburqurque (Rakul Preet Singh), who is quite excited about working with him. She watches him in awe when he says, "Main cheezein kabhi bhoolta nahi..I have a photographic memory."

While Vikrant and Tanya exchange a few words in the cockpit, we are also introduced to the passengers on the flight. There's an ailing Parsi lady travelling with her daughter, a young mother who is a first-time traveller, CarryMinati playing himself and a cocky businessman amongst them.

Unknown to everyone, nature has an unpleasant surprise in store for them. Vikrant and Tanya, several thousand feet above the ground, find their's and the passengers' lives in danger due to torrid weather conditions.

"Mausam aur insaan jab milkar galati karte hai na, toh it's a sure shot recipe for disaster." However, after a few miscalculations, Vikrant issues a Mayday call as the flight, diverts from Cochin to Trivandrum due to bad weather, and lands on Runway 34. What follows next is an investigation under the watchful eye of Narayan Vedant (Amitabh Bachchan), head of AAIB.