Netflix has unveiled the teaser of its upcoming original series ‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’ and its one gripping tale of India’s longest hijack. Helmed by Anubhav Sinha, ‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’ will premiere exclusively on 29th August, 2024.
The trailer shows when a group of deadly terrorists hijack an Indian airlines flight going to Delhi, the government gets into action swiftly and starts negotiations and all other means to safely rescue the passengers and the crew.
While the teaser was about the brutality of the terrorists, the trailer shifts focus on the rescue side of the incident, showing the intensity and horror that prevailed during those 7 harrowing days and how Indian government dealt with other governments, took tough decisions to ensure the safety of people aboard the flight.
There’s also the courage shown by the captain and crew of the flight who tried their best while also following protocol. And lastly there’s also a major focus on how the media and public is going to view this hijack and the following negotiations.
As per Netflix, on 24 December 1999, Indian Airlines flight IC 814, en route from Kathmandu to New Delhi, was hijacked and taken to Kandahar in Taliban-governed Afghanistan. The hijack lasted seven days; while passengers and crew suffered, some great officers back home struggled to answer the ‘who’ and ‘why’ – answers that were beyond the obvious and extremely complex. But the people had to be brought back home safely. The clock was ticking as the negotiations forged through; ‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’ follows the story of those seven days which became the longest hijack in Indian history.
‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’ is directed by Anubhav Sinha (‘Mulk’, ‘Thappad’, ‘Article 15’, ‘Ra.One’) who has co-created and co-written the series with Trishant Srivastava with a story by Srivastava and Adrien Levy.
‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’ stars an ensemble cast of Vijay Verma, Patralekhaa, Pankaj Kapoor, Naseeruddin Shah, Arvind Swami, Dia Mirza, Amrita Puri, Anupam Tripathi, Kumud Mishra, Manoj Pahwa, Kanwaljeet Singh, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Sushant Singh, Aditya Srivastava, Rajeev Thakur, and Yashpal Sharma.
A Matchbox Shots and Benaras Mediaworks production, ‘IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’ is produced by Sarita Patil and Sanjay Routray and will launch globally on Netflix on 29th August, 2024.
Watch the official trailer here ⬇️