The image of the hijackers of the Indian Airlines flight from Kathmandu to Delhi has sparked a controversy. Image: Twitter
The government has summoned the head of content for OTT platform Netflix over the series ‘IC-814 – The Kandahar Hijack’, which has sparked a row over the depiction of hijackers.
Official sources said the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting summoned Netflix India’s content head on Tuesday, seeking an explanation on the allegedly controversial aspects of the OTT series.
The depiction of the hijackers of the Indian Airlines flight from Kathmandu to Delhi has sparked controversy among a section of viewers who are opposed to the “human” portrayal of the perpetrators.
BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya said the IC-814 hijackers were dreaded terrorists, who took aliases to hide their Muslim identities.
“Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha legitimised his criminal intentions by promoting his non-Muslim names,” Malviya posted on X.
“Decades later, people will think that Indians hijacked IC-814,” he said.
“The Left’s agenda to whitewash the crimes of Pakistani terrorists, all Muslims, worked. This is the power of cinema, which the communists have been using aggressively since the 1970s. Maybe even before,” Malviya said.
“This will not only weaken and call into question India’s security apparatus in the long run, but will also deflect blame from the religious cohort, which is responsible for all the bloodshed,” he said.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah said it was really funny to see people who took films like ‘Kashmir Files’ as the absolute truth breaking down over the way the events of IC814 are depicted in the Netflix show.
“Now, all of a sudden, they want precision and nuance included in the script,” Abdullah said on X.
First published: September 2, 2024 | 1:24 PM IS
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