Nepali director to make film on airline hijack saga

Kathmandu: Nepali film director Dayaram Dahal is planning to celebrate his two decades in the industry and40th film by venturing into uncharted waters.
The 38-year-old is now ready to make the first film from Nepal on the hijacking of an Indian aircraft 10 years ago.
On Xmas Eve, 1999, five people, who managed to smuggle weapons undetected on a Kathmandu-New Delhi flight operated by India's national carrier Indian Airlines, hijacked the aircraft with nearly 180 passengers, demanding money from the Indian government and the release of select prisoners from Indian jails.
The aircraft was finally taken to Kandahar in Afghanistan where it was released after the then Indian external affairs minister Jaswant Singh negotiated for the release of the hostages.
Now, a decade after the air drama, which was remembered in India Thursday, Dahal is writing a script for his upcoming film that will revolve round the woman widowed during the hijack.
Dahal says he has asked the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai for permission to shoot in Kandahar as he wants to make his film as realistic as possible.
In India, two directors have already made films on the subject from the Indian perspective.
"Zameen" (Ground) was made by Bollywood director Rohit Shetty and released in 2003 while last year, Kunal Shivdasani debuted with "Hijack".
25/12/09 Naxal Hattisar/Xinhua, China

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