Controversy over IC 814 series escalates, Ministry of Information and Broadcasting summons Netflix content head
The government has come into action mode after the controversy over the OTT web series IC 814 The Kandahar Hijack deepened. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has summoned Monica Shergill, Netflix's content head. This web series was released on Netflix on 29 August, the story of which is based on the Kandahar plane hijack. The whole controversy arose over the use of Hindu names in it.
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Much hue and cry is being raised regarding the Vijay Verma-starrer and Anubhav Sinha-directed web series, IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack. This whole uproar is about showing the Hindu names of the terrorists in the film.
Actually, the terrorists who hijacked the plane were Ibrahim Athar, Shahid Akhtar Saeed, Gulshan Iqbal, Sunny Ahmed Qazi, Mistry Zahoor Ibrahim, and Shakir. But they called each other Bhola, Shankar, Doctor, Burger, and Chief in code words in the plane. The people of social media object over the names Bhola and Shankar. They say that Anubhav Sinha deliberately took the Hindu names.
Now, the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has summoned the Netflix content head tomorrow, seeking a response over this from the streaming platform. However, according to the report from the Ministry of External Affairs, dated January 2000, the code words used by the hijackers have been shown in the series as well.
Many politicians have already given their side on this matter. Speaking on this, BJP's Amit Malviya said, "The hijackers of IC-814 were dreaded terrorists who adopted aliases to hide their Muslim identity. Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha legitimized their criminal intent by promoting their non-Muslim names."
