Anubhav Sinha was once a very formulaic director who only worked in the commercial space. Mulk (2018) changed all that. He married political activism to cinema and the result was films like Article 15 (2019), Thappad (2020), Anek (2022) and Bheed (2023). With IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack, he has ventured into the OTT space. While he describes it as a non-political venture, read between the lines and you’ll find that he has landed some soft blows both on the unpreparedness of the bureaucrats, who simply failed to control the narrative and the jaded response of the politicians. In between all, the fortitude of the hijack victims shines through. Instead of calling them victims, one should call them heroes for the way they came to terms with their tragedy and survived the hardships. The series is well-researched and well-acted.
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