Watsupptoday Desk


The Indian Air Force (IAF) is not happy with the way it has been portrayed in the film Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl. It's a story about Flt Lt. Gunjan Saxena, who became the first female Indian Air Force (IAF) officer to fly a plane in a combat zone during the 1999 Kargil war.

The film attempts to show the odds the protagonist of the film faces in becoming a pilot, but also during the war scenes in the film. For starters, the film shows men in the defence forces as useless and mean.

This has not gone down well with the IAF. While the filmmakers have used their creative license to glorify the central character, the IAF�s spokesperson didn't mince words in stating that this was not true to the IAF.

�Our main concern is the incorrect portrayal of gender bias in the IAF. It is a well-known fact that the Indian Air Force has the largest number of women officers serving actively. The IAF was the first to open all its branches to women officers, including combat roles in 2015.This wouldn�t have been possible without an unbiased policy. Everything in the defence forces is done on merit alone," said acc. to reports.