IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack on Netflix - 6 reel vs real pictures and scenes from the 1999 incident

Ever since IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack got released on OTT platform Netflix, it's been the talk of the town, be it's real-life-based storyline, its characters, and now the controversy surrounding it that the makers have distorted facts and tried to whitewash the image of terrorism, everything is being the reason of the uproar on the internet. To give the viewers a glimpse of what the reality was and how things have been shown in the Netflix series, here we are with seven real vs. real pictures:?

7 reel vs. real pictures of people involved in the 1999 airline incident:

1. The actual IC 814 aircraft that landed in Kandahar

X/Reel vs. real IC 814 in Kandahar

IC 814 was scheduled to fly from Nepal's Kathmandu to India's Delhi on December 24, 1999, but unfortunately it was hijacked within a few minutes of its takeoff. After being hijacked, the aircraft taking fuel from different locations landed in Afghanistan's Kandahar, where the negotiations between the Indian government and the hijackers started and concluded too.?

2. The IC 814 aircraft hijackers

X/Reel vs. real picture of one of the IC 814 hijackers

The hijackers of IC 814 aircraft were five in number. They included names like Ibrahim Athar aka Chief, Shahid Akhtar Sayed aka Doctor, Sunny Ahmed Qazi aka Burger,?Shakir, and Mistri Zahoor Ibrahim aka Zia.

3. Real Maulana Masood Azhar and the one who portrayed him in the Netflix series

X/Reel vs. real Masood Azhar

One of the crucial terrorists exchanged with the passengers on board IC 814 was Masood Azhar.?

4. Jaswant Singh was the serving foreign minister when IC 814 was hijacked

X/Reel vs. real Jaswant Singh

Jaswant Singh, as FM of India in 1999, went to Afghanistan to bring back the IC 814 passengers when the Indian government and hijackers concluded the negotiations.?

Also Read:?IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack ending explained — Were all passengers saved? Where did Masood Azhar go after his release? & more

5. Taliban Afghanistan's Foreign Minister Abdul Wakil Muttawakil in Kandahar

X/Reel vs. real Taliban leader

Here's the reel vs. real picture of Afghanistan's Taliban leader who served as the FM at the time of the IC 814 Hijack.?

6. Wife of Rupin Katyal upon return to India

X/Reel vs. real picture of Rachna

Rupin Katyal was the only man who got murdered by terrorists on hijacked IC 814. His wife, Rachna came back to India. She did not know what had happened to her husband.?

IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack, directed by Anubhav Sinha, is streaming on Netflix now. If you have watched the series, do comment with your views.?

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