Vishal Bhardwaj Reveals His Kandahar Hijacking OTT Project Got Dropped After Tandav, Here's Why

Vishal Bhardwaj spent eight years working on a project, but it was quickly dropped because of controversy around web series Tandav. The creator has disclosed that Amazon Prime Video canceled his project about the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines aircraft IC 814 because the streamer became uneasy after the conflict surrounding their show, Tandav.

In an interview with Mid-day, Bhardwaj said, “At one point I was working on IC814 hijack project. I worked on that for 7-8 years. I was making it for Amazon, but after Tandav, they pulled the plug saying they don’t want to do anything political. I don’t think it was political, the whole country was humiliated, it had got nothing to do with any political party. But they were so paranoid, they still are, that they didn’t want to touch anything political.”

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Vishal Bhardwaj disclosed during the talk that he was set to direct a movie named Barf, which is about an Indian and a Pakistani soldier who are both stuck in the Himalayas.

“It was before No Mans Land released! A girl from the Indian Army and a Pakistani Major. He is wounded, she is lost. He knows the way, and she can keep him alive. Now, they have to get out of there. It is not a love story! They both had their respective lovers in their country. It was a very good story. If made today, I will be called anti-national, will be asked to go to Pakistan!” he said.

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For the unversed, following its debut in 2021, Ali Abbas Zafar's film Tandav found itself at the center of a political wave. The story included censorship, threats, police reports, and an ultimate apology.

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