‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’ review: A tribute to uncommon courage in impossible conditions
Anubhav Sinha’s limited series is out on Netflix.
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There’s something in the Kathmandu air. Indian intelligence agent Ram Chandra is witnessing strange movements of people and luggage. Ram Chandra’s suspicion deepens when his Pakistani counterpart tells him: I am going to treat you soon to some pickle from my country. You won’t forget the taste.
Ram Chandra (Anupam Tripathi) is too late to prevent a hijacking that stretches a routine 105-minute journey between Kathmandu and Delhi into a weeklong nightmare. Five men take control of Indian Airlines flight IC 814 and force pilot Devi Sharan (Vijay Varma) to make various stops before landing in Kandahar in Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
Sharan and his crew, including the airhostesses Indrani (Patralekhaa Paul) and Chhaya (Additi Gupta Chopra), valiantly grapple with an ordeal that stretches their training. Back in Delhi, External Affairs Minister Vijaybhan (Pankaj Kapur) and his advisers weigh their options after the hijackers demand the release of jailed terrorists.
Anubhav Sinha’s IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack is based on the commandeering of an Indian Airlines aircraft on December 24, 1999. The Netflix show soberly revisits one of the most dramatic and ignominious chapters in India’s experiences with terrorism. For all the action in the sky and on the ground, the six-episode limited Hindi series is surprisingly controlled.
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