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Has the hijacking of IC-814 been represented in popular culture?

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The hijacking of IC-824 has been adapted several times in Indian popular culture. The 2024 Netflix miniseries IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack dramatized the hijacking, drawing on the account of the flight captain, Devi Sharan. The 2025 film Dhurandhar, centered on India’s intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (R&AW), also references the incident.