“Why do some ‘artists’ feel compelled to whitewash Islamic terrorism? Here are a bunch of reasons that drive them”, Opindia, September 4, 2024:
“Leftist filmmaker Anubhav Sinha has attracted significant backlash over his propaganda Netflix series IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack. This series starring Naseeruddin Shah, Vijay Verma, Pankaj Kapoor and Dia Mirza lead roles is facing criticism for whitewashing the crimes of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen terrorists who hijacked the Indian Airlines plane IC 814 in 1999.
This six-episode series deliberately did not reveal the real names of the Pakistani terrorists rather only used their codenames Bhola, Shankar, Chief, Burger and Doctor to hide their Muslim identity. This leaves the audience with the impression that the plane was hijacked by Hindus rather than Islamic terrorists.
This Anubhav Sinha directorial also gives ISI a clean chit, which was directly involved in the ploy. An OpIndia review of the series can be read here……”
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