Amit Malviya, Kangana Ranaut criticise Netflix's ‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’ amid controversy
Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha’s Netflix series, IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack, has triggered massive controversy just days after its release over names of the hijackers. The government has summoned the content head of Netflix India to address concerns surrounding the series.
The controversy centers on allegations that the series altered the names of two hijackers to Hindu names, such as "Bhola" and "Shankar." However, these names were not arbitrarily assigned; they were actual codenames used by the hijackers to address one another during the hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814 in December 1999. The nicknames were Chief, Doctor, Burger, Bhola, and Shankar.
Amidst the heated debate, BJP leader Amit Malviya has accused the series of whitewashing the crimes of Pakistani terrorists and all Muslims. “The hijackers of IC-814 were dreaded terrorists, who acquired aliases to hide their Muslim identities. Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha, legitimised their criminal intent, by furthering their non-Muslim names. Result? Decades later, people will think Hindus hijacked IC-814. 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 wrote on X.
Bollywood actor and BJP member Kangana Ranaut supported Malviya’s stance and reposted his post on X. She criticised the lack of freedom for nationalist content on OTT platforms, contrasting it with the freedom for communists and leftists across the globe, and called it extremely demotivating and unjust. “Law of the land is that one can show unimaginable amount of violence and nudity on OTT platforms without any consequence or censorship, one can even distort real life events to suit their politically motivated sinister motives, there is all the freedom for communists or leftists across the world for such anti national expressions but as a nationalist no OTT platform allows us to make films that revolves around the integrity and unity of Bharat, it seems censorship is only for some of us who don’t want tukde of this nation and make films on historic facts,” Kangana stated.
Meanwhile, the actor-politician’s maiden solo directorial, Emergency, will reportedly no longer be released on September 6, 2024. She expressed her frustration, stating, “This is unbelievable time for me and I am very sorry for the state of things in this country.”
The hijackers of IC-814 were dreaded terrorists, who acquired aliases to hide their Muslim identities. Filmmaker Anubhav Sinha, legitimised their criminal intent, by furthering their non-Muslim names.
— Amit Malviya (@amitmalviya) September 1, 2024
Result?
Decades later, people will think Hindus hijacked IC-814.
Left’s…
Law of the land is that one can show unimaginable amount of violence and nudity on OTT platforms without any consequence or censorship, one can even distort real life events to suit their politically motivated sinister motives, there is all the freedom for communists or leftists… https://t.co/BRRrG6NGXh
— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) September 2, 2024
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Informing Pakistan ahead of Operation Sindoor was a crime: Rahul Gandhi on Jaishankar's 'admission'
New Delhi, May 17 (PTI): Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Saturday hit out at the government for "informing" Pakistan about targeting terror infrastructure as part of Operation Sindoor, saying it was a crime and asking who had authorised it.
In a post on X, Gandhi questioned External Affairs Minister (EAM) S Jaishankar for publicly admitting that the government of India (GOI) had informed Pakistan of the action and asked how many aircraft the Indian Air Force lost as a result.
"Informing Pakistan at the start of our attack was a crime. EAM has publicly admitted that GOI did it. Who authorised it? How many aircraft did our air force lose as a result?" said Gandhi, the leader of opposition in the Lok Sabha.
He also shared an undated video of Jaishankar saying India had informed Pakistan of the action against terror infrastructure on its soil.
Jaishankar can be heard saying in the video, "At the start of the operation, we had sent a message to Pakistan, saying, 'We are striking at terrorist infrastructure and we are not striking at the military.'"
"So the military has the option of standing out and not interfering in this process. They chose not to take that good advice," the minister can be heard saying in the clip.
The Press Information Bureau (PIB), however, has debunked claims that Jaishankar had said India informed Pakistan ahead of Operation Sindoor. In a post on X, the PIB's Fact Check Unit said the minister had not made any such statement and that he was being misquoted.
Operation Sindoor was the Indian offensive against terror camps in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) following the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam.
Informing Pakistan at the start of our attack was a crime.
— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) May 17, 2025
EAM has publicly admitted that GOI did it.
1. Who authorised it?
2. How many aircraft did our airforce lose as a result? pic.twitter.com/KmawLLf4yW
