The latest web show ‘IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack’ receives hatred from the audience for manipulating them by recreating the original story. the show is praised for the performance and the way it was directed but the content shown became a huge controversy for the director, Anubhav Sinha.

the web show portrays the events of the terrible 1999 hijacking of an Indian Airlines flight by terrorists. The real names of the terrorist hijackers were Ibrahim Athar, Shahid Akhtar Sayed, Sunny, Ahmad Qazi, Zahoor Mistry and Shakir. However, in the show, they are named Bhola, Shankar, Doctor, Burger, and Chief, hinting at their code names.

PIL (Public Interest Litigation) filed on the show

The Delhi High Court received a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) on Monday for the demand that the Netflix India series IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack not be allowed to be viewed by the general public.

According to accounts, the petition claims that the show misrepresents information regarding the true names of the hijackers who took control of Indian Airlines Flight 814 in 1999. It asserts that this distortion perpetuates negative stereotypes and false information.

According to official sources, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting called Netflix India’s content head on Tuesday to ask about the contentious elements of the show, which depicts the 1999 hijack of an Indian Airlines flight by the terror group Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, which is based in Pakistan.

About the show ‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’

On August 29, Netflix India debuted IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack, which was directed by Anubhav Sinha. It’s based on the book Flight into Fear: The Captain’s Story, authored by the hijacked flight’s captain, Devi Sharan, and writer Srinjoy Chowdhury. Renowned performers including Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapur, Patralekhaa, Dia Mirza, and Arvind Swamy play important roles in the Vijay Varma-led program.