MUMBAI, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Netflix ( NFLX ) said on

Tuesday it will add new disclaimers to an Indian series about a

plane hijack after social media outrage and government anger

over what they said was Muslim hijackers being shown as Hindus.

The series, called "IC-814: The Kandahar Hijack," a

fictionalised version of the 1999 hijacking of Indian Airlines

flight 814 from Kathmandu, was released on Netflix ( NFLX ) last week. It

was immediately criticised for what social media users said was

a wrong portrayal of the hijackers as Hindus with Hindu names

when they were Muslims.

Netflix ( NFLX ) officials were summoned to India's information and

broadcasting ministry on Tuesday, local media reported, and the

streaming platform said soon after that it will update the

disclaimer. There was no comment from the government.

"For the benefit of audiences unfamiliar with the 1999

hijacking of Indian Airlines Flight 814, the opening disclaimer

has been updated to include the real and code names of the

hijackers," Monika Shergill, Vice President, Content, at Netflix

India, said in a statement.

#BoycottNetflix was trending on X over the weekend, and

several users as well as members of Prime Minister Narendra

Modi's Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) criticised

the series, saying it showed the hijackers in a positive light

and misled audiences into thinking they were Hindu.

Amit Malviya, who heads BJP's social media unit, said the

series "legitimised the criminal intent" of the hijackers and

misled people into thinking that Hindus hijacked the plane.

India blames Pakistan and Pakistan-based militant groups for

the December 1999 hijack, which was resolved after New Delhi

freed three Islamist militants, including Masood Azhar, the head

of one such group.

The series, which comes nearly 25 years after the incident,

has actors Naseeruddin Shah, Vijay Varma and Pankaj Kapur, among

others, and is based on the book "Flight into Fear", written by

the captain of the flight Devi Sharan and journalist Srinjoy

Chowdhury.

Netflix ( NFLX ), as well as other streamers such as Amazon's Prime

Video, have been at the receiving end of complaints over their

content in the past, especially from Hindu groups, who say their

content hurts the sentiments of the country's majority religious

population.