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IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack was released on Netflix on 29th August. Since its release, the web series has been making headlines for good and bad reasons. The performances and the storyline have been highly appreciated by the audience and the critics. On the other hand, netizens are criticising the makers for using ‘Hindu’ names of the terrorists in a particular scene. It can be seen that a terrorist was informing someone over the call with ‘Hindu’ names as a code word to identify his teammates. This scene created an outrage on social media. Even the Netflix content head has been summoned by the I&B Ministry. Amid all the backlash, a picture went viral online of real-life officials who negotiated with terrorists during the IC814 Hijacking. 

The negotiation was done by the Atal Bihari Vajpayee-led central government. A team was created that went to Kandahar to handle the situation and negotiate with the terrorists. It was led by Vivek Katju, the Joint Secretary in the Ministry of Home Affairs. Home Ministry official Ajit Doval and CD Sahay from the Cabinet Secretariat were also present with him. Doval was then the chief of the Intelligence Bureau (IB). For the unversed, Ajit Doval is presently the National Security Advisor (NSA) of India. The team also included Former Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister of India Brajesh Mishra and Cabinet Secretary of The Crisis Management Group of the Indian Government Prabhat Kumar. 

In IC 814, Pankaj Kapur, Naseeruddin Shah, Arvind Swamy, Manoj Pahwa, Kumud Mishra and Aditya Srivastava played the role of negotiators. Anubhav Sinha’s directorial is based on the hijack of IC 814 in December 1999. The flight took off from Kathmandu en route to Delhi but it was hijacked by some terrorists who then ordered the pilots to take it to Kandahar. The show also stars Vijay Varma, Patralekhaa Paul, Amrita Puri and Dia Mirza in key roles. 

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