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IC 814 Kandahar Hijack survivor narrates her ordeal, reacts to Bhola-Shankar Netflix controversy

Express Video Service

A survivor of the Indian Airlines flight IC 814 Kandahar hijack narrates her ordeal of eight days. Before the passengers were finally released safely in exchange for locked-up terrorists including Jaish-e-Mohammed founder Masood Azhar from India. A Netflix series named 'IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack', directed by Anubhav Sinha, is caught in a controversy over the names of characters of terrorist hijackers"Bhola-Shankar". The hashtags #BoycottNetflix, #BoycottBollywood, and #IC814 were trending on social media. The controversy has gone so far as the I&B Ministry has summoned the Netflix Content Head to address the issue.

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