NetFlix IC 814 : movie is different.. Reality is different.. We can add any fiction we like in the movie. It can be changed from here to there.. from there to here.. Can be done anyway. But the reality is that we have to do what history tells us, there is nothing else to say. But if a film is made based on real events, it should be taken very carefully. If even that minimal precaution is not taken, the current 'IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack' will be debated. Directed by Anubhan Sinha, this web series with six episodes is currently streaming on Netflix. In this, there was a discussion as to why the names of the hijackers were not changed until recently. But not only their names but also the names of passengers, crew and flight technicians are being made wrong. From India's foreign intelligence agency 'RAW' reaching Delhi to the role of Pakistan's spy agency ISI, everything has been changed. Making terrorists look good. Filming that they did not cause any harm to passengers. Like this, not one, not two, but many questions arise. Many of the statements made by those who were arrested and released in IC 814 in 1999 call the series into question.
It has been almost 25 years since the IC 814 incident. That means the international community, India knew the names of all the hijackers, but there was a big uproar over mentioning their real names even after the series was complete and the climax titles rolled. Did Abhinav Sinha do this to cover up that the hijackers were Islamic terrorists? All doubts are raised. The controversy that started on social media ended after the Home Ministry issued a summons to Netflix India's content head.
Netflix now includes the real names of the terrorists in the disclaimer. Many posted on X that they were canceling their Netflix subscriptions because of the series' misrepresentation of facts.
#BoycottNetflix trended in X.
A lot of work should be done before making a series or movie with historical moments. But if you don't do that and release it as you like, you will have to face the following situations. It is the fastest in India. In the case of IC 814, #BoycottNetflix went trending on X. They can take what they want but.. can't distort the facts. For example, a film was released on the life of Indian track and field legend Milka Singh. It doesn't matter if there is some fiction in how he grew up..how he grew up.. But it doesn't show him getting a podium finish in the Olympics.
ISI IC 814 Hijacking
Anubhav Sinha concluded that Pakistan's spy agency's role in the overall IC-814 hostage crisis was minimal despite its links to ISI showing operations in Kathmandu. One of the last scenes of IC 814 – The Kandahar Hijack shows al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden hosting the hijackers and released terrorists. It has been said that ISI did not invite any terrorists and this shows how small the role of ISI was in the hijacking of the Indian Airlines plane.
Many officials responded to this.
Officials say that there is no doubt that ISI has a role in this. It is not just based on our intelligence reports. At that time a prominent Pakistani journalist was in Kandahar. 'It is clear that the ISI is controlling this entire operation.' The then RAW chief AS Dulat told the media.
Parthasarathy, who was the Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan at the time of the IC 814 hijacking, said that Sinha's portrayal of Al Qaeda and Taliban was ridiculous. Pakistan is involved in this. The hijackers were Pakistanis, and the hijackers who demanded their release were Pakistanis. So there is no mention of Al Qaeda,' said Parthasarathy. In fact, Al Qaeda does not have enough connections with Pakistan to carry out the hijacking.
Raw input did not reach the headquarters..
In the Anubhav Sinha series, an intelligence tip from the Kathmandu 'RAW' team reached the agency's headquarters in Delhi that an Indian plane might be hijacked. Many RAW officials thought this might not happen.
'It is nonsense that regular updates are coming. This information may have gone to someone else, but it did not reach us (Ra).' said the then Raw Head AS Dulat. 'I can personally vouch for it. As the head of the organization, I can tell you that we have not received any such information,” said Dulat. RK Yadav, a former officer of RAW, in his 2014 book 'Mission R&W' also blamed RAW Kathmandu station head Shasibhushan Singh for this failure.
A senior officer of 'RAW' at the Indian Embassy told SBS that a junior RAW operator named Yuvi Singh, the second secretary, had given the information. According to the information received from his sources, there is a possibility that the plane may be hijacked by Pakistani terrorists. 'This report was never sent to the Raw headquarters, he (Tomer) suppressed it without cross-checking it.' Yadav wrote.
The picture is not right..
In the first episode of IC 814, the hijackers were shown to be sympathetic towards the injured crew and passengers. That's when I stopped watching the series and became their friend,' wrote a user on X.
One of the main complaints of the viewers is that Anubhav Sinha's portrayal of the hijackers as humanitarian figures is not good.
'It's unfair that the hijackers of IC 814 are brutal and try to portray them as ordinary people in a Netflix series.' Said a senior journalist in X.
Anil Sharma, the chief flight attendant of the hijacked IC814, explained that the hijackers acted cruelly and created a terrifying atmosphere.
Ipsita Menon, one of the passengers of IC 814, told the media that the manner in which the passengers were shown was not proper. It was not seen in the series that the passengers were under tension.'
The religious aspect is missing..
In IC 814, the 'doctor' (one of the hijackers) threatened to convert everyone, but in the series such a thing was not touched, he praised Islam by talking about the anarchy that India is doing in Kashmir. Menon said.
Shakir, who went by the code name 'Doctor', was the most ruthless of the five hijackers. He is the one who killed Rupin Katyal.
Pooja Kataria, another passenger in the hijacked plane, told a media that Shakir tried to convert the hostages while the plane was in Kandahar, which was held by the Taliban for a week.
Kataria said that he gave three or four speeches about converting to Islam.. Islam is better than Hinduism.
Anubhav Sinha's Net Plix series started a big controversy over trying to hide the real identity of the hijackers, but it tried to erase all the facts of IC 814 – Kandahar Hijack.
The role of ISI in this, the arrival of raw intelligence in Delhi, the prediction of the hijackers and the tension in the plane have all become suspicious and questionable.
