bollywoodUpdated: Aug 19, 2020 08:45 ISTFormer Indian Air Force (IAF) pilot Gunjan Saxena, who finds herself in the middle of a controversy after the release of a recent biopic on her, has reacted to allegations made by a colleague about Gunjan not being the first female combat pilot of IAF, as has been said publicly on multiple occasions. Gunjan, in her defence, said that no such counter-narratives were introduced in the two decades leading up to the film’s release. Earlier this week, Gunjan’s coursemate, Flight Lieutenant (retd) Sreevidya Rajan, wrote in a Facebook post that the makers of the Janhvi Kapoor-starrer have ‘twisted the facts’. She wrote, “In the movie, Gunjan Saxena was shown as the only lady pilot to fly in Kargil operations. She wrote, “Sreevidya Rajan was the first lady pilot who flew to Kargil – not Gunjan.

Source: Hindustan Times August 19, 2020 03:16 UTC