Netflix Content Head Summoned by Govt Over Names of Hijackers in ‘IC-814 — The Kandahar Hijack’

New Delhi: The content head of Netflix was summoned by the government over the depiction of names of hijackers in the series ‘IC-814 — The Kandahar Hijack’. The names of hijackers used in the series have triggered a controversy.

According to reports, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has summoned the content head of Netflix India on Tuesday, seeking an explanation on the allegedly contentious aspects of the OTT series.

A section of viewers have objected to the ‘humane’ projection of the perpetrators of this Indian Airlines hijack.

BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya in post on X said, “Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha, legitimised their criminal intent, by furthering their non-Muslim names”.

“Decades later, people will think Hindus hijacked IC-814,” he added.

“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,” Malviya said.

“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 said.

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah said it was really amusing to see the people who took movies like ‘Kashmir Files’ as the gospel truth having a meltdown at the way the events of IC814 are depicted in the Netflix show.

“Now suddenly they want accuracy and nuance packaged in the script,” Abdullah posted on X.