Tamannaah Bhatia Praises Beau Vijay Varma’s IC814: Kandahar Hijack Trailer, Says ‘Looks Very Promising’

Vijay Varma is gearing up for his next release on OTT titled IC814: Kandahar Hijack. The makers have released the trailer which has been receiving positive reviews. Tamannaah Bhatia also reviewed the trailer and praised it. She shared the trailer and mentioned that it looks very promising.

Taking to her Instagram stories, Tamanaah wrote, “This is really going to redefine how people view OTT in India!! The trailer looks very promising! Kudos to the whole team!” Reacting to the actress’s story, Vijay extended his gratitude by saying, “Thank you (red hearts and crossed fingers emojis).” IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack series is based on the 1999 hijack of an Indian Airlines Flight IC 814. The key cast includes Naseeruddin Shah, Vijay Verma, Manoj Pahwa, Kumud Mishra, Arvind Swamy, Dia Mirza, Pankaj Kapur and Patralekhaa.

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The mini-series will also be the OTT debut of director Anubhav Sinha, renowned for his gritty dramas like Mulk, Thappad, Article 17 and Bheed. This thriller series is set to release on Netflix India this month.

The trailer opens with a group of Indian passengers preparing to depart from the Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal. They are supposed to head towards Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. Vijay Varma, portraying pilot Sharan Dev, greets the passengers, shares the general information and instructions and asks them to sit back and relax. Suddenly, five masked militants put him at gunpoint, assaulted the passengers on board and hijacked the flight.

It also shows that in New Delhi, Indian government officials – played by Pankaj Kapur, Dia Mirza, Manoj Pahwa and Naseeruddin Shah quickly spring into action. The passengers face an even greater threat as the plane is flown to Kandahar, Afghanistan, which was then, reportedly under Taliban’s control.

As for the true incident that the upcoming series is based on, in 1999, an Indian aircraft, IC 814, was reportedly hijacked by five terrorists on December 24, 1999, just 40 minutes after taking off from Kathmandu. The plane carrying about 180 passengers, was held hostage for about eight days. They were made to travel from Kathmandu to Amritsar and then to Lahore. After refuelling in Lahore, it flew to Dubai and finally to Taliban-controlled Kandahar.