Netflix said on Tuesday it will add new disclaimers to an Indian series about a plane hijack after social media outrage and government anger over what they said were Muslim hijackers being shown as Hindus.
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The series, called IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack, a fictionalised version of the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines flight 814 from Kathmandu, was released on Netflix last week.
It was immediately criticised for what social media users said was a wrong portrayal of the hijackers as Hindus with Hindu names when they were Muslims.
Netflix officials were summoned to India’s information and broadcasting ministry on Tuesday, local media reported, and the streaming platform said soon after that it will update the disclaimer.
There was no comment from the government.