The government has summoned Netflix’s content head over the series ‘IC-814 – The Kandahar Hijack,’ which has sparked controversy over depiction of the hijackers.
The series features actors Vijay Varma, Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapur, Manoj Pahwa, Arvind Swami, Anupam Tripathi, Dia Mirza, Patralekhaa, Amrita Puri, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, and Kumud Mishra in key roles.
As per media reports, official sources stated that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has summoned the content head of the streaming platform on Tuesday, seeking an explanation regarding the allegedly contentious aspects of the recent OTT series.
The portrayal of the hijackers of the Indian Airlines flight from Kathmandu to Delhi has sparked controversy, with some viewers objecting to the ‘humane’ depiction of the perpetrators, reports stated.
This has sparked a debate within the political sphere.
BJP IT Cell chief, Amit Malviya, took to Twitter saying, “The hijackers of IC-814 were dreaded terrorists, who acquired aliases to hide their Muslim identities. Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha, legitimised their criminal intent, by furthering their non-Muslim names. Result? Decades later, people will think Hindus hijacked IC-814.”
“Left’s agenda to whitewash the crimes of Pakistani terrorists, all Muslims, served. This is the power of cinema, which the Communists have been using aggressively, since the 70s. Perhaps even earlier. This will not just weaken/put in question India’s security apparatus in the long run, but also shift the blame away from the religious cohort, that is responsible for all the bloodshed,” he added.
Meanwhile, former J&K CM, Omar Abdullah, said, “It’s really amusing to see the people who took movies like Kashmir Files as the gospel truth having a melt down at the way the events of IC814 are depicted in the Netflix show. Now suddenly they want accuracy and nuance packaged in the script.”
