The sequence, referred to as IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack, a fictionalised model of the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines flight 814 from Kathmandu, was launched on Netflix final week. It was instantly criticised for what social media customers stated was a mistaken portrayal of the hijackers as Hindus with Hindu names after they have been Muslims.
Netflix officers have been summoned to India’s data and broadcasting ministry on Tuesday, native media reported, and the streaming platform stated quickly after that it’s going to replace the disclaimer. There was no remark from the federal government.
“For the good thing about audiences unfamiliar with the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814, the opening disclaimer has been up to date to incorporate the true and code names of the hijackers,” Monika Shergill, Vice President, Content, at Netflix India, stated in an announcement.
#BoycottNetflix was trending on X over the weekend, and a number of other customers in addition to members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) criticised the sequence, saying it confirmed the hijackers in a constructive gentle and misled audiences into considering they have been Hindu.
Amit Malviya, who heads BJP’s social media unit, stated the sequence “legitimised the felony intent” of the hijackers and misled individuals into considering that Hindus hijacked the airplane.
India blames Pakistan and Pakistan-based militant teams for the December 1999 hijack, which was resolved after New Delhi freed three Islamist militants, together with Masood Azhar, the top of 1 such group.
The sequence, which comes practically 25 years after the incident, has actors Naseeruddin Shah, Vijay Varma and Pankaj Kapur, amongst others, and relies on the e book “Flight into Fear”, written by the captain of the flight Devi Sharan and journalist Srinjoy Chowdhury.
Netflix, in addition to different streamers resembling Amazon’s Prime Video, have been on the receiving finish of complaints over their content material prior to now, particularly from Hindu teams, who say their content material hurts the feelings of the nation’s majority spiritual inhabitants.
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