Created by Anubhav Sinha and Trishant Srivastava, IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack is a political thriller series. It is the dramatized version of the infamous hijacking of the eponymous Air India Flight in December 1999. If you are wondering when it is coming out, then this is what we have discovered.
Here’s all the IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack release date information we know so far, and all the details on when it is coming out.
Is there an IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack release date?
IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack’s release date could arrive sometime in 2024.
In late February 2024, Netflix announced its slate for this year, IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack was among them. It stars some of the finest actors in the Indian film industry, including Naseeruddin Shah and Pankaj Tripathi. Anubhav Sinha (Article 15) and Trishant Srivastava (Jamtara: Sabka Number Ayega) are the creators of the series.
Netflix has also released a teaser trailer of IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack. Speaking at a Netflix event, Singh underlined the historical context of the show.
“You are 30,000 feet from the ground; the aircraft is in control by armed and dangerous people, and you don’t know what they want,” the series co-creator said. “You don’t know if they can be given what they want to spare your lives. You don’t know the lengths that people on the ground will go to, to negotiate a reasonable price for your lives. What went on inside the aircraft and outside, beyond geographical boundaries, while the aircraft landed in four different countries over one night? IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack is a verisimilar account of that infamous hijack from 1999 inside the aircraft, the War Room back home in Delhi, and the Negotiation Station in Kandahar. This is a story that created unexpected heroes out of the most unprecedented crises. This is a story of those seven days of mayhem, skill, and tact.”
IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack will premiere sometime in 2024.
This date is an estimation based on the information we have at the time of this writing.
The cast includes Pankaj Tripathi, Naseeruddin Shah, Vijay Varma, Dia Mirza, Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Kumud Mishra, Pooja Gor, Manoj Pahwa, Yashpal Sharma, Aditya Srivastava, Kanwaljit Singh, Patralekhaa, and more.
Where is IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack coming out?
IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack is anticipated to come out on Netflix sometime in 2024.
This is because Anubhav Sinha and Trishant Srivastava are developing the series for the streaming giant. ComingSoon will provide an update when there is an announcement about the exact release date of the series.
The official synopsis for IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack reads:
“Indian Airlines flight hijacked en route Kathmandu-Delhi on Dec 24, 1999, diverting to Kandahar under Taliban control.”
