The Captain's Story**, a book by Devi Sharan, who captained the hijacked plane, and journalist Srinjoy Chowdhury.

The series, which was released last week, begins with the hijackers making their way into the flight at Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu.

Within minutes of take-off, the militants announce the flight—carrying 179 passengers including the five hijackers and 11 crew members—has been hijacked.

The series focuses on the interactions between the hijackers, the crew, and the passengers, and it also shows Indian government officials working to resolve the crisis.

The row began after some social media users criticized the filmmakers for depicting the hijackers calling each other common Hindu names such as Bhola and Shankar, even though their names were Ibrahim Athar, Shahid Akhtar Sayed, Sunny Ahmed Qazi, Mistri Zahoor Ibrahim, and Shakir.

All of them were from Pakistan.

BJP leader Amit Malviya said in a post on X (formerly Twitter) that by using the hijackers’ “non-Muslim” aliases in the series, the filmmakers had ensured that people would “think Hindus hijacked IC-814”.

A Hindu right-wing organization has filed a case in a Delhi court seeking a ban on the series.

PTI news agency reported that the petition has accused the filmmaker of distorting crucial facts and misrepresenting historical events.

Several Indian media outlets, citing sources, reported that the federal government held a meeting with a senior Netflix executive regarding the issue.

Netflix and India’s information and broadcasting ministry have not responded to the BBC’s request for comment.

A statement issued by India’s home ministry in 2000 confirms that the hijackers used such names as aliases to communicate inside and outside the aircraft.

“To the passengers of the hijacked plane these hijackers came to be known respectively as (1) Chief, (2) Doctor, (3) Burger, (4) Bhola, and (5) Shankar, the names by which the hijackers invariably addressed one another,” the statement said.

Kollattu Ravikumar, a survivor of the hijacking who worked as a merchant navy captain for a US-based firm, confirmed the aliases in an article in 2000.

“The four hijackers who were watching over us also had a leader called Berger.

It was Berger who used to often shout.

As Berger called them, I caught the names of the others—Bola, Shankar, and Doctor,” he said.

After the row, Netflix issued a statement saying it had updated the disclaimer which appears on screen before the episodes begin.

“For the benefit of audiences unfamiliar with the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814, the opening disclaimer has been updated to include the real and code names of the hijackers,” it said.

This isn’t the first time that international streaming platforms have received backlash over content on their platforms in India.

In January, Netflix faced criticism after members of hard-line Hindu organizations objected to several scenes.

In 2021, the cast and crew of an Amazon Prime show, **Tandav**, faced legal action after being accused of mocking Hindu gods.

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