Former Flight Lieutenant Gunjan Saxena&nbsp; on Thursday submitted an affidavit to the Delhi High Court stating that she had noty faced any discrimination on the basis of her gender in the Indian Air Force (IAF) and called it a progressive institution. 
 
She maintained that IAF gave her an opportunity to serve the nation, including in the Kargil War and she will forever remain grateful for the opportunities given to her by the force. 
 
Saxena made the submissions in her affidavit in a suit filed by the Centre seeking a decree of permanent injunction against the Netflix, Dharma Productions and others from broadcasting or releasing in theatres or any other digital platform the film 'Gunjan Saxena - The Kargil Girl', without grant of no-objection certificate (NOC) from it. 
 
According to the Centre, the film which was streaming on Netflix, depicts the IAF in poor light and dents its image as it shows that the force is gender biased, which is not correct. 
 
The court, however, refused to pass any interim order over the plea filed by the Central government and said that those who wanted to watch the movie, might already have seen it on the OTT platform. 
 
"Who will go and watch the film in theatres during the Covid-19 pandemic and the ones who wanted to, have already seen it on OTT platform," the judge said.

Saxena, in her affidavit filed before Justice Rajiv Shakdher, clarified that the movie is not a documentary but is only inspired by her life and it is clear from the two disclaimers placed at the beginning of the film which gives a message to motivate young women to join IAF. 
 
The retired officer said she has utmost respect for IAF and cannot comment on the Centre of the force's perception about the movie in question as everybody's perception is different. 
 
The high court had earlier issued notices and sought response of Dharma Productions Private Limited, which produced the film, along with Zee Entertainment, director of the movie Sharan Sharma, Netflix Entertainment Services India LLP, M/s Netflix and Gunjan Saxena on the Centre's suit to remove the movie from all OTT platforms. 
 
The film 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl' had Janhvi Kapoor playing the lead role with Pankaj Tripathi playing her army officer father. The film showed how Gunjan rose up the ranks despite facing gender discrimination at her initial days at IAF.

Former Flight Lieutenant Gunjan Saxena on Thursday submitted an affidavit to the Delhi High Court stating that she had noty faced any discrimination on the basis of her gender in the Indian Air Force (IAF) and called it a progressive institution.

Former Flight Lieutenant Gunjan Saxena on Thursday submitted an affidavit to the Delhi High Court stating that she had noty faced any discrimination on the basis of her gender in the Indian Air Force (IAF) and called it a progressive institution. She maintained that IAF gave her an opportunity to serve the nation, including in the Kargil War and she will forever remain grateful for the opportunities given to her by the force. Saxena made the submissions in her affidavit in a suit filed by the Centre seeking a decree of permanent injunction against the Netflix, Dharma Productions and others from broadcasting or releasing in theatres or any other digital platform the film 'Gunjan Saxena - The Kargil Girl', without grant of no-objection certificate (NOC) from it. According to the Centre, the film which was streaming on Netflix, depicts the IAF in poor light and dents its image as it shows that the force is gender biased, which is not correct. The court, however, refused to pass any interim order over the plea filed by the Central government and said that those who wanted to watch the movie, might already have seen it on the OTT platform. "Who will go and watch the film in theatres during the Covid-19 pandemic and the ones who wanted to, have already seen it on OTT platform," the judge said. Saxena, in her affidavit filed before Justice Rajiv Shakdher, clarified that the movie is not a documentary but is only inspired by her life and it is clear from the two disclaimers placed at the beginning of the film which gives a message to motivate young women to join IAF. The retired officer said she has utmost respect for IAF and cannot comment on the Centre of the force's perception about the movie in question as everybody's perception is different. The high court had earlier issued notices and sought response of Dharma Productions Private Limited, which produced the film, along with Zee Entertainment, director of the movie Sharan Sharma, Netflix Entertainment Services India LLP, M/s Netflix and Gunjan Saxena on the Centre's suit to remove the movie from all OTT platforms. The film 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl' had Janhvi Kapoor playing the lead role with Pankaj Tripathi playing her army officer father. The film showed how Gunjan rose up the ranks despite facing gender discrimination at her initial days at IAF.

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Janhvi Kapoor starrer 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl' is making the headlines again.&nbsp;Now the Retired Wing Commander IK Khanna, who trained the Indian Air Force’s first batch of female pilots claimed that the movie is far away from the truth. <a href="http://13.235.153.162/entertainment/bollywood/news-Gunjan-Saxena-The-Kargil-Girl-review---Pankaj-Tripathi-Janhvi-Kapoors-film-soars-high-for-its-effective-messaging-319388">Read our review here</a> 
 
In a column for a news agency, the ex-officer said, ''I was one of the instructors back in July 1994 when the first batch of seven women pilots arrived at the Air Force Station at Yelahanka, Bengaluru, to commence training on IAF transport aircraft. There was excitement in the media, as there is now. But the station was preparing to receive the women in the same way as it would have received a batch of trainee men''.

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As shown in the movie, Gunjan deal with a lot of trouble in her initial days like there were no changing room for women officers. He said,&nbsp;''There were subtle changes made such as preparing a changing-cum-rest room. No one had to run to their room to change as shown in Gunjan Saxena. There was no doubt, however, that the women would be treated the same way at work professionally, as IAF trainee pilots, socially as a lady, and one amongst equals everywhere else. No quarters were given, none were expected'', he claims. 
 
And by talking about his other trainees of the cadet, General said, ''Talk to any one of them, and they’ll tell you how far Gunjan Saxena is from the truth''. During the training of the first batch of women pilots at Yelahanka, not a day would pass when the media would not visit to interview the women and see them in action.

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="http://13.235.153.162/entertainment/bollywood/news-Indian-Air-Force-writes-to-CBFC-objecting-to-some-scenes-in-Gunjan-Saxena-The-Kargil-Girl-320148" hreflang="en">Indian Air Force writes to CBFC objecting to some scenes in 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl'</a> 
 
Earlier, many ex-officers slammed the movie and from one of them, Sandhya Suri, who was among the first women officers at air force, said the film has nothing to do with the real character of Gunjan. "It projects the armed forces in a bad light. It never happens the way it has been shown," the ex-officer told.

Janhvi Kapoor starrer 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl' is making the headlines again. Now the Retired Wing Commander IK Khanna, who trained the Indian Air Force’s first batch of female pilots claimed that the movie is far away from the truth.

Janhvi Kapoor starrer 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl' is making the headlines again. Now the Retired Wing Commander IK Khanna, who trained the Indian Air Force’s first batch of female pilots claimed that the movie is far away from the truth. Read our review here In a column for a news agency, the ex-officer said, ''I was one of the instructors back in July 1994 when the first batch of seven women pilots arrived at the Air Force Station at Yelahanka, Bengaluru, to commence training on IAF transport aircraft. There was excitement in the media, as there is now. But the station was preparing to receive the women in the same way as it would have received a batch of trainee men''. Also read: Gunjan Saxena' controversy: NCW head asks makers to discontinue the screening of film As shown in the movie, Gunjan deal with a lot of trouble in her initial days like there were no changing room for women officers. He said, ''There were subtle changes made such as preparing a changing-cum-rest room. No one had to run to their room to change as shown in Gunjan Saxena. There was no doubt, however, that the women would be treated the same way at work professionally, as IAF trainee pilots, socially as a lady, and one amongst equals everywhere else. No quarters were given, none were expected'', he claims. And by talking about his other trainees of the cadet, General said, ''Talk to any one of them, and they’ll tell you how far Gunjan Saxena is from the truth''. During the training of the first batch of women pilots at Yelahanka, not a day would pass when the media would not visit to interview the women and see them in action. Also read: Indian Air Force writes to CBFC objecting to some scenes in 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl' Earlier, many ex-officers slammed the movie and from one of them, Sandhya Suri, who was among the first women officers at air force, said the film has nothing to do with the real character of Gunjan. "It projects the armed forces in a bad light. It never happens the way it has been shown," the ex-officer told.

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