All you need to know about the IC 814 Kandahar Hijack controversy
Directed by Anubhav Sinha, the series has been under constant criticism online for fudging with historical events and misrepresentations.
Former R&AW chief AS Dulat recalled escorting blindfolded terrorists to Delhi from Jammu. The recently released Netflix series IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack has sparked controversy over alleged misrepresentation and distortion of facts.
The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting summoned the OTT platform’s content head for India, instructing them to be mindful of religious sensitivities and public sentiment.
The flight from Kathmandu to Delhi was hijacked on December 24, 1999. (File Photo)
What was the controversy?
Directed by Anubhav Sinha, the series is based on the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight IC-814, which was en route from Kathmandu to Delhi.
The show draws from the memoir Flight Into Fear by Captain Devi Sharan, who was in command of the plane.
The controversy erupted when some viewers accused the series of deliberately fudging the religious identities of the five terrorists involved in the hijacking. The controversy was over “Hindu names” used as aliases by the Pakistani terrorists involved in the hijacking.
A still from the show IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack.
A still from IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack.
(L to R) Dibyendu Bhattacharya as Abhijeet Kumar, Manoj Pahwa as Mukul Mohan, Arvind Swamy as DRS, Kumud Mishra as Ranjan Mishra in IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack.
Vijay Varma trains in a flight simulator with Captain Devi Sharan. (Photo: Vijay Varma/Instagram)
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