NCW asks 'Gunjan Saxena' makers to apologise, stop screening

Aug 14, 2020 18:17 IST

Days after the Indian Air Force raised objection over the presentation of gender bias in the Netflix's film, 'Gunjan Saxena: The Kargil Girl', now National Commission of Women chairperson Rekha Sharma has asked the makers of the biopic to discontinue its screening.

Stating that the filmmakers are portraying forces in bad light specially when it's not true, Rekha Sharma asked them to apologise.

The NCW's statement comes after former IAF pilot Gunjan Saxena, on whose life the film is based, opened up about her experience at the Air Force and said that she had support of fellow officers and had equal opportunities.