The hijacking of IC 814 back in 1999, which led to release of three terrorists Maulana Masood Azhar, Ahmed Omar Saeed, and Mushtaq Ahmed Zargar has been one of the biggest events in the history of Independent India. And now, the spine chilling story is being told in the form of a web show for viewers across the globe by Anubhav Sinha, the man behind films like Ra.One, Tum Bin, Thappad and Article 15.
Earlier, Vishal Bharadwaj had stated that he was also making the show on the same subject, but it fell through after Prime Video decided to pull the plug on it, as they didn’t want to do anything political after the backlash of Tandav. However, Anubhav Sinha and his team of Sanjay Routray and Sarita Patil were able to get Netflix on board for their story.
A source close to the development exclusively informed ETimes that the makers of Pankaj Kapur, Nasseruddin Shah, Arvind Swamy and Vijay Varma starrer show is based on the book Flight Into Fear: A Captain’s Story, penned by Captain Devi Sharan, the pilot of IC 814. The makers have not only bought the rights of the book, but also the life rights of Captain Sharan for their projects, and the show is a result of 5 years of hard work.
The show also stars Manoj Pahwa, Kumud Misha, Dia Mirza, Amrita Puri, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Patralekhaa, Anupam Tripathi, Pooja Gor, Kanwaljit Singh, Aditya Srivastava, Sushant Singh and Yashpal Sharma.
Earlier, Vishal Bharadwaj had stated that he was also making the show on the same subject, but it fell through after Prime Video decided to pull the plug on it, as they didn’t want to do anything political after the backlash of Tandav. However, Anubhav Sinha and his team of Sanjay Routray and Sarita Patil were able to get Netflix on board for their story.
A source close to the development exclusively informed ETimes that the makers of Pankaj Kapur, Nasseruddin Shah, Arvind Swamy and Vijay Varma starrer show is based on the book Flight Into Fear: A Captain’s Story, penned by Captain Devi Sharan, the pilot of IC 814. The makers have not only bought the rights of the book, but also the life rights of Captain Sharan for their projects, and the show is a result of 5 years of hard work.
The show also stars Manoj Pahwa, Kumud Misha, Dia Mirza, Amrita Puri, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Patralekhaa, Anupam Tripathi, Pooja Gor, Kanwaljit Singh, Aditya Srivastava, Sushant Singh and Yashpal Sharma.
