Recreating history not easy, Neerja was a challenging role, Sonam Kapoor reveals

In her 8-year long Bollywood acting career, Sonam Kapoor has essayed several, varied fictional characters. However, for the first time ever, she will reprise an actual person in her upcoming film, Neerja.

The film is a tribute to Neerja Bhanot, a 22-year-old flight attendant who gave up her life to save passengers from a terrorist attack onboard a Pan Am flight on 5 September 1986. Bhanot became the youngest recipient of India's highest peacetime Military Award for Bravery, The Ashok Chakra.

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In an interview with Catch, Sonam Kapoor opened up about the challenges she faced while playing Neerja. She said:

"It is very difficult to play a real life character from a fictional one because while portraying a fictional character, you can rely on your imagination about the character but while playing a real life character, apart from your imagination, you have a lot of references. You have to go and meet the friends, family and the person to know how the character is in real life".