The American media service provider Netflix is in hot water following the recent release of its web series IC 814: the Kandahar Hijack, which has generated accusations as to how the identities of hijackers have been portrayed. Therefore the ministry of information and broadcasting has summoned the content head of Netflix to come on Tuesday, September 3, since there are issues that have been raised that needs to be addressed.
Indian Airlines flight 814 which was hijacked in December 1999 is the subject of the series directed by Anubhav Sinha. The incident unfolded when a commercial airliner was hijacked in 1999 and the terrorists who took the passengers hostage later demanded militants to be set free in exchange for their lives. Five hijackers were also arrested and identified as Ibrahim Athar, Shahid Akhtar Sayed, Sunny Ahmed Qazi, Zahoor Mistry and Shakir.
But in this movie owner of Bhola terrorists who Mumbaikers love to hate is no longer depicted directly as Dawood but is strategically placed as a frustrated gangster. Karamat Berry, on the other hand, has no qualms in stating he disguises as ‘Burger’ for his Ms. Phang. Tremendous disappointment and anger were caused by this contrast in the historical events replacing the facts with conspiracy.
While there are those who claim that the names ‘Bhola’ and ‘Shankar’ were codenames attributed to the hijackers during the operation, there is an increasing call for more explanations from the creators of the show. Such crooked usage of names has brought to the fore the question of the artistic license and the factual correctness of the series relative to the real life hijacking incident.
Netflix Content Head has been summoned tomorrow by the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting over the ‘IC814’ web series content row: Sources
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Accepting the appeal, producers of the film IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack have insisted that this documentary screen is harsh at all as it is base ‘true story and engaging’. They mentioned that the series is more about the human condition and the difficulties encountered because of the hijacking.
With regard to the ongoing controversy over this matter, it is yet to be known what position or action Netflix will take concerning the notice from I & B ministry and the views entertained by the viewers. The result of this probe may ultimately affect the ability of the streaming behemoth to produce this very content in the future.