A seriesbased on the dramatic hijacking of the Indian Airlines flight from Kathmandu in 1999, IC 814, is part of Netflix slate of 2024. Starring Vijay Varma, Pankaj Tripathi, Naseeruddin Shah, Dia Mirza, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Pooja Gor, Kanwaljit Singh, Manoj Pahwa, Patralekhaa, Kumud Mishra, Yashpal Sharma and Aditya Srivastava, the series is helmed by Anubhav Sinha.
The story revolves around what happened on board the plane and off it as the Indian Airlines flight was hijacked moments after the take off from Kathmandu, and remains the longest hijack in Indian aviation history.
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Talking about the same, Anubhav Sinha shared at a netflix event, “You are 30,000 feet from the ground; the aircraft is in control by armed and dangerous people, and you don’t know what they want. You don’t know if they can be given what they want to spare your lives. You don’t know the lengths that people on the ground will go to, to negotiate a reasonable price for your lives. What went on inside the aircraft and outside, beyond geographical boundaries, while the aircraft landed in four different countries over one night? IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack is a verisimilar account of that infamous hijack from 1999 inside the aircraft, the War Room back home in Delhi, and the Negotiation Station in Kandahar. This is a story that created unexpected heroes out of the most unprecedented crises. This is a story of those seven days of mayhem, skill, and tact.”
IC-814 hijacking
IC-814 was hijacked by five terrorists on December 24, 1999, 40 minutes after it took off from Kathmandu. The aircraft carrying about 180 passengers remained hostage for seven days and flew from Kathmandu to Amritsar and then to Lahore. It was re-fuelled in Lahore and left for Dubai. From Dubai, it went to Taliban-controlled Kandahar, where all the passengers were released on December 31, 2000.
Jaish-e- Mohammad supremo, Masood Azhar, was among the three terrorists released in exchange for hostages. The then foreign minister, Jaswant Singh, went with the three to Kandahar, where they were released to the Afghan Taliban.
The release date for IC814: The Kandahar Hijack is yet to be announced. Before this, Anubhav Sinha delivered projects like Anek, Mulk, Bheed, Article 15 and Thappad.
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