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Controversy over Vijay Verma's series IC 814: Netizens object to names of terrorists, accuse director Anbhuv Sinha of tampering with facts

Vijay Varma is constantly in the limelight due to his web series and films. Meanwhile, controversy has arisen over his 'IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack'. Anubhav Sinha is being trolled for tampering with the facts of the series and there is also a trend of boycott against Netflix. Vijay Varma is winning hearts with his back to back web series and movies. He has established himself as a promising actor. With his professional life in shambles, his recently released web series 'IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack' has faced a lot of backlash for tampering with facts. Notably, Vijay Verma is playing the lead role in the web series 'IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack'. It is based on the true events of 1999 when a flight carrying Indian passengers was hijacked by a Pakistani terrorist group. Web series creates a huge controversy Vijay Verma's web series has created a huge controversy, as the makers have named the terrorists 'Bhola' and 'Shankar'. While the show is based on a shocking hijack incident, netizens pointed out how the terrorists were identified with changed names and accused director Anubhav Sinha of tampering with the facts. Notably, the 1999 incident was the longest hijacking in India's history. These were the real names of the terrorists The terrorists demanded the release of the terrorists who occupied India in exchange for the passengers on board the flight. After the incident, it was revealed that the five hijackers were identified as Ibrahim Athar, Shahid Akhtar Syed, Sunny Ahmed Qazi, Zahoor Mistry and Shakir and belonged to a Pakistan-based terrorist group. The names of the terrorists in the series are Bhola and Shankar but in the series the terrorists are identified as 'Bhola' and 'Shankar'. This has left netizens on social media platform X very upset. Someone said that terrorism has no name, then why change the name? Someone also shared how cinematic people are great at whitewashing. A user wrote – The name of the terrorists was 'Shankar' and 'Bhola'?. If there was no religion of terrorism then why change the name bro? Netflix 'Boycott' also trended Another said- @Anubhav Sinha should be ashamed for naming kidnappers Shankar and Bhola! All the hijackers were Muslim terrorists. A third user wrote – #NetflixIndia has become a seller of fake stories and a sympathizer of Pakistan terrorists. #IC814 The 5 people who carried out The Kandahar Hijack were Ibrahim Akhtar (from Bahawalpur), Shahid Akhtar Saeed, Sunny Ahmed Qazi, Zahoor Mistry (from Karachi) and Shakir (from Sukkur).

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