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Anubhav Sinha's web series 'IC 814' has courted controversy after a section of social media accused the filmmaker of deliberately "changing" the names of two of the hijackers to Bhola and Shankar..
Filmmaker Anubhav Sinhas latest web series, 'IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack Story' which premiered on Netflix on August 29, sparked controversy shortly after its release..
The series, which is based on the infamous hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814 in December 1999, has been criticised by a section on social media for allegedly changing the names of two of the hijackers to Hindu names...
Many on social media expressed anger and frustration over the names Bhola and Shankar, alleging that the filmmaker deliberately chose Hindu names for the hijackers, rather than their actual names...
Indian Airlines flight 814, travelling from Kathmandu to New Delhi, was hijacked on December 24, 1999, shortly after takeoff by five armed terrorists belonging to the Pakistan-based militant group Harkat-ul-Mujahideen...
