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.
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.