Kandahar hijack incident is being made into a film

Prakash Raj is producing a film based on the Kandahar flight hijack. This film which is tilted Payanam is being made in Tamil and Telugu languages. Nagarjuna is doing the lead role.
Radha Mohan is directing this film. Prakash Raj while speaking about this film said,” Captain Devi Saran had written a book titled Flight into Fear. This book is based on the hijack of a plane in Kandahar in 1999 by terrorists. When I read this book I felt that I should make this as a film.
I am donning the role of a government officer who works in the Prime Minister’s office. The Kandahar hijack incident is only an inspiration. This itself is not the story of the film. As per the story a flight takes off. Within few minutes the plane has been hijacked by terrorists and is grounded in Tirupathi.The terrorists threaten the Government. Though this film is a thriller there will be lot of emotions and heart touching scenes of the passengers on board.”