While she is amazed to see people flocking to the theatres to watch her debut film, Rehnaa Hai Terre Dil Mein (2001) 23 years after its original release, Dia Mirza is also thrilled to see the audience appreciating her performance in Anubhav Sinha’s latest Netflix series, IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack.  The opportunity to revisit a chapter of Indian history, shed light on the advent of television news reporting, and reunite with her frequent collaborator Sinha drew the actor to the series. It marks her fourth collaboration with Sinha, following Dus (2005), Thappad (2020), and Bheed (2022).

In IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack, Mirza plays a news editor transitioning from print journalism to television news, grappling with the challenges women in power face in the emerging industry of 1999. The series centres on the hijacking of an Indian Airlines Flight 814 in December 1999 by militants. The aircraft, en route from Kathmandu to Delhi, was forcibly diverted to Kandahar in Afghanistan after being seized by the hijackers.