Netflix’s new show IC 814 has a dream-star cast. I spoke with a few of the actors and the director Anubhav Sinha about where they were when the hijacking news broke. Dia Mirza talks about playing a journalist and the state of journalism in the country. Kumud Mishra shares his experience of being in a room with actors like Naseeruddin Shah, Pankaj Kapur, Manoj Pahwa. What happened when Vijay Varma met the real captain Devi Sharan? Watch the full interview as he shares what he has learned!
Vijay Varma is an Indian actor who works predominantly in Hindi films and series. He graduated from the Film and Television Institute of India, before finding recognition with the crime drama film Pink. This was followed by supporting roles in Middle Class Abbayi, Gully Boy and Baaghi 3.
Indian Airlines Flight 814, commonly known as IC 814, was an Indian Airlines Airbus A300 that was hijacked on 24 December 1999 by five members of Harkat-ul-Mujahideen. The passenger flight which was en route from Kathmandu to Delhi, was taken over shortly after it entered the Indian airspace at about 16:53 IST.
