Netflix series #IC814 by Anubhav Sinha tries to obfuscate facts of the hijacking. Few points:
1. Series doesn’t reveal at any point real names of Shankar and Bhola (Codenames) who were Pakistani Islamist terrorists.
2. Series gives clean chit to Pakistan and ISI. Pinning blame on Osama Bin Laden and few terrorists.
3. Makes a joke of respected NSA Ajit Doval who was lead negotiator to release hostages. Negotiations shown in a comical manner. Mr. Doval has a very serious persona with depth. His famous photographs on Kandahar tarmac near IC-814 not depicted.
4. Badly researched story. Desperation of traumatised passengers not visible at all. Instead series shows one terrorist and an air hostess romantically observing each other. Terrorists helping an air hostess.
5. Terrorists shown in a humane manner. Originality doesn’t mean you play with facts. Factual inaccuracies galore. Ismailis terrorists are no revolutionaries.
6. Cabin Crew Chief of IC-814 told me that facts were misrepresented in the series with an evil intent. (Interview out soon)
7. Govt in crisis in New Delhi also not shown well cinematically. Series made in haste without background study of events and characters. Even if Govt failed or didn’t react in time, that too wasn’t shown clearly.
8. Main context and background of three terrorists who were released from Jammu & Kashmir and New Delhi including Masood Azhar not shown. These were hardcore terrorists arrested for crimes against humanity and terrorism in Kashmir against innocent civilians and Armed Forces.
Overall the film far from being a masterpiece is cinematically a huge disaster. Since it’s a National Security related film on a subject of sensitive nature, one would’ve expected filmmakers to be cautious, taking facts on record and hold interactions with passengers, negotiators and key Govt and Indian Airlines functionaries who were involved at that time. Yet it’s completely a fictional story with so much creative liberty that it becomes intolerable.
One Airhostess of IC814 remarked that after watching first few minutes she couldn’t watch it further because it was utter rubbish.
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