Poster of the film IC 814 the Kandahar Hijack

IC 814 the Kandahar Hijack

Drama War & Politics Hindi


When IC 814 gets hijacked on its way to Delhi, hundreds of lives are at stake as the country faces its longest and most alarming aviation crisis.

Cast:Vijay Varma, Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapur, Arvind Swamy, Dia Mirza, Patralekhaa
Director:Anubhav Sinha
Writer:Anubhav Sinha, Nikhil Ravi, Trishant Srivastava
Editor:Amarjit Singh
Camera:Ewan Mulligan

Guild Reviews

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FCG Member Reviewer Upma Singh
Upma Singh | Navbharat Times
Tue, October 15 2024

भारतीय इतिहास में 1999 के कंधार प्लेन हाईजैक की घटना आज भी एक काले अध्याय की तरह याद की जाती है। सारी दुनिया जब नई सदी Y2K के आने के उत्साह में मगन थी, क्रिसमस से एक दिन पहले 24 दिसंबर 1999 को करीब 175 लोगों को लेकर काठमांडू से दिल्ली के लिए रवाना हुए इंडियन एयरलाइंस के हवाई जहाज IC 814 को आतंकियों ने हाईजैक कर लिया। हाईजैकर्स के कब्जे वाला यह प्लेन पहले अमृतसर और फिर लाहौर और दुबई होते हुए कंधार में लैंड हुआ। सात दिन बाद भारतीय जेलों में बंद तीन आतंकियों मौलाना मसूद अजहर, मुश्ताक अहमद जरगर और अहमद उमर सईद शेख को छोड़ने के बदले इन यात्रियों की सुरक्षित घर वापसी करवाई गई। अब इसी घटनाक्रम पर आधारित वेब सीरीज ‘IC 814: द कंधार हाईजैक’ से चर्चित निर्देशक अनुभव सिन्‍हा ने ओटीटी पर दस्तक दी है।

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This Anubhav Sinha directorial is one of the best ‘based on real life’ series to date

FCG Member Reviewer Suparna Sharma
Suparna Sharma | Independent Film Critic
Mon, October 14 2024

'IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack', streaming on Netflix, honours the captain, his crew, and the passengers

Since the arrival of OTT platforms and binge-watching, Indian series have shown a marked improvement in craft and skill at telling fictional stories. But when it comes to mounting real-life stories for OTT, most have floundered, sometimes because they follow Netflix’s formulaic template, and sometimes because of who is telling the story. Delhi Crime, for example, the riveting show on the Nirbhaya rape case, was made with the help of Delhi’s former commissioner of police, Neeraj Kumar, and it naturally made heroes out of cops when it should have interrogated them.

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