Kangana Ranaut who is herself facing backlash for her upcoming political thriller Emergency criticised the makers of IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack. The web show directed by Anuhav Sinha is currently under the fire of controversy for wrongly portraying real-life characters. The show based on the true incident of the 1999 hijack showcases faces controversy over two characters named 'Bhola' and 'Shankar' who were allegedly Muslims. Social media has called out the makers for giving Hindu names to the hijackers. 

IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack starring Vijay Varma is based on the true events of hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814 from Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal to Indira Gandhi Airport in Delhi in 1999 by five terrorists. This flight landed in Kandahar, Afghanistan but before that, the flight was forced to land at many places. As the web series has faced the backlash of controversies the director Anubhav Sinha opened up about the meticulous research.

Kangana Ranaut who is known to voice her opinions strongly accused the makers of distorting the historical event with a politically motivated agenda. She took to X account (formerly Twitter) and wrote, "Law of the land is that one can show unimaginable amount of violence and nudity on OTT platforms without any consequence or censorship, one can even distort real life events to suit their politically motivated sinister motives. There is all the freedom for communists or leftists across the world for such anti-national expressions, but as a nationalist, no OTT platform allows us to make films that revolve around the integrity and unity of Bharat.”

Law of the land is that one can show unimaginable amount of violence and nudity on OTT platforms without any consequence or censorship, one can even distort real life events to suit their politically motivated sinister motives, there is all the freedom for communists or leftists… https://t.co/BRRrG6NGXh

— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) September 2, 2024

Meanwhile, Kangana Ranaut’s Emergency has faced controversy over portraying real-life incidents of former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Protesters demanded the makers to cut some events and threatened for life resulting in holding a CBFC certificate. The film has been stopped from the scheduled release of September 6, 2024.