Following an appearance in the music video of Coldplay 's " Hymn for the Weekend " ( featuring Beyoncé ) , Kapoor starred in Ram Madhvani 's biographical thriller '' Neerja '' ( 2016 ) . She was cast as the eponymous air hostess Neerja Bhanot , who died while saving the passengers of the hijacked Pan Am Flight 73 in 1986 . Kapoor felt responsible towards the project because it is about real events , and met Bhanot 's family as a preparation for her role . The film garnered wide critical acclaim , and several commentators considered Kapoor 's performance to be her best to date . Raja Sen found her performance to be career-defining , while '' Hindustan Times '' Rohit Vats wrote that " she carries the film entirely on her shoulder . She looks earnest , scared , benevolent and bold , all at the same time . " Sen listed Kapoor as the best actress in Hindi cinema in 2016 , while Rajeev Masand invited her to his annual best actresses roundtable . In addition to several other accolades , Kapoor won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress and National Film Award – Special Mention . With a worldwide gross over , '' Neerja '' emerged as one of the highest-grossing Bollywood films featuring a female protagonist
Pan Am Flight 73
Pan Am Flight 73
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