Monika Shergill, the chief content officer of Netflix India, is scheduled to testify before the government on Tuesday. She was called in over a dispute on the portrayal of hijackers in the streaming series 'IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack'.
 
Top government sources claimed on monday that Shergill was ordered to appear before the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on tuesday to address the purportedly divisive elements of the web series.
 
The television series "IC 814," which dramatizes the 1999 hijacking of indian Airlines Flight IC 814 by the Pakistan-based terrorist group Harkat-ul-Mujahideen, caused a stir on social media when it revealed that two of the hijackers were only identified by their Hindu codenames.

When asked why the government took this action, sources replied, "Nobody has the right to mess with the sensibilities of our country's citizens. India's civilization and culture must always be cherished. You ought to consider your options before misrepresenting anything. The administration is treating it with extreme gravity."
 
WHAT IS THE 'IC 814' ROW?
The show, which is based on a real-life 1999 hijacking, follows the passengers' and crew members' terrifying ordeal as well as the difficulties the government had when the plane was diverted to many different locations until arriving in Taliban-controlled Kandahar, Afghanistan.
 
The show features a group of hijackers going by the codenames Chief, Doctor, Burger, Bhola, and Shankar. But the usage of the names Bhola and shankar caused a great deal of controversy, with many criticising Anubhav Sinha, the director of the series. They argue that the information that the hijackers were five Muslim terrorists, two of whom employed Hindu names, should have been brought up in the show.
 
 
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03/09/2024 08:29 AM