Gunjan Saxena: IAF Pilot Who Served With Real-life Gunjan Slams The Janhvi Kapoor Starrer

Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl, the recently released Janhvi Kapoor starrer is making headlines for all wrong reasons. Namrita Chandi, a retired IAF pilot who served in the Indian Air Force with the real-life Gunjan Saxena, slammed the film for 'spreading lies' in her recent open letter published in Outlook.

In her open letter, Namrita Chandi has stated that the rebuttal Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl has as little to do with the real Gunjan, as has the film. According to Namrita, he has also trained as a helicopter pilot but has never faced the kind of abuse and maltreatment that has been portrayed in the movie. The former IAF pilot stated that men in uniform are true gentlemen and professionals.

Namrita Chandi revealed that she had trained together with Gunjan Saxena, and they have seen each other under the worst of circumstances. She added that her letter has little to do with the real-life Gunjan Saxena, and called Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl a 'monstrous' film.

Gunjan Saxena: IAF Pilot Who Served With Real-life Gunjan Slams The Janhvi Kapoor Starrer

The former IAF pilot blamed the banner Dharma Productions headed by Karan Johar and its 'penny dreadful' writers for showing everyone who has served in the proud blue uniform in a bad light. Namrita Chandi, who admitted that initially there were issues like no changing rooms or toilets for ladies, added that she was never disrespected or mistreated in her 15-years-long career.

Namrita also accused the filmmakers of peddling lies, revealing that Srividya Rajan was the first lady pilot who flew to Kargil, not Gunjan Saxena. Coming to her own credentials, Namrita revealed that she is the first lady officer to fly on the international border with Pakistan, in 1996.

The former pilot ended her open letter by a message to Janhvi Kapoor, who played the titular role in Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl. 'Lady, let me advise you, please, never again do a film of this kind if you are a proud Indian woman. Stop showcasing Indian professional men and women in such poor light', Namrita Chandi concluded her letter.

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