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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Dhyan Chand lifetime award to be replaced by Arjuna lifetime
New Delhi, Oct 24: The sports ministry on Thursday announced the discontinuation of the Dhyan Chand Award for lifetime achievement from this year onwards and the introduction of the Arjuna Award Lifetime in its place in a bid to "rationalise" the various sporting honours of the country.
Instituted in 2002, the Dhyan Chand Lifetime Award, named after hockey wizard Major Dhyan Chand, is given to individuals in disciplines that are part of the Olympic Games, Paralympic Games, Asian Games and Commonwealth Games, among others.
In 2023, the award was given to former shuttler Manjusha Kanwar, ex-hockey exponent Vineet Kumar and kabaddi player Kavitha Selvaraj.
"The various schemes for sports awards have been rationalised wherein Arjuna Award (Lifetime) has been introduced in place of Dhyan Chand Award. To recognise the efforts of coaches at grassroots/development level, they are now eligible for the Dronacharya Award," said a ministry statement.
"The Arjuna Award (Lifetime) has been introduced and will be given for life time contribution to sports development.
"Further, to recognize the Khelo India scheme, the Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy will be given to the University for Overall Top Performance in Khelo India University Games," it added.
The last date for applying for the national sports awards for 2024 is November 14.
