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Netflix show on Kargil: How much of Musharraf’s villainy is real?
Netflix's war drama Operation Safed Sagar is winning praise for its realistic portrayal of the Kargil War and the Indian Air Force’s role. The show depicts former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf as…
The Story in Brief
Netflix's war drama Operation Safed Sagar is winning praise for its realistic portrayal of the Kargil War and the Indian Air Force’s role. The show depicts former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf as the chief conspirator behind the 1999 Kargil incursion. Hindustan Times breaks down what is fact and what is fiction. The show accurately shows Musharraf violating the 1972 Shimla Agreement by occupying Indian posts after winter retreat. It also shows him refusing to salute Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the Wagah border, which indeed happened.
The most contested episode is the claim that Musharraf kept his own Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the dark. Sharif says he was stunned when Vajpayee told him Pakistani regulars were in Kargil. Musharraf insists Sharif was briefed and even visited army bases. The show also recreates the intercepted phone call between Musharraf and Lieutenant General Aziz where they admit the 'insurgents' are Pakistani soldiers, a real R&AW intercept that exposed Pakistan's lie to the world.
The Indian Opinion
Netflix dramatisation is not a documentary. The show rightly highlights how Gen Musharraf misled the world by calling soldiers mujahideen, but it glosses over the years of cross-border infiltration that preceded 1999. Some Indian viewers want a clean hero narrative, while Pakistani accounts contest who knew what in Islamabad. The real test is whether this series pushes the Indian government to declassify more R&AW intercepts and the complete Kargil review committee report.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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