The Ba***ds of Bollywood: Delhi High Court issues | Indian Movie News
Former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officer Sameer Wankhede has filed a defamation go well with against Netflix and Red Chillies Entertainment over directorial debut of Aryan Khan, The Ba***ds of Bollywood. The show, which premiered on the streaming platform last month, has stirred controversy after viewers seen a character resembling Wankhede — the officer who famously arrested Aryan in 2021 during a cruise drug bust. On Wednesday, the Delhi High Court issued notices to both Netflix and Red Chillies Entertainment following Wankhede’s plea.
The court had earlier dismissed his initial petition as “not maintainable,” but after he submitted an amended model, the case was taken up for listening to. “We appreciate that there is cause in your favour to approach this court but there is a process to be followed,” the court acknowledged, as per Hindustan Times report. Representing Wankhede, senior advocate Sandeep Sethi told the bench that his shopper and household have been subjected to relentless online abuse since the show’s release. “In reference to the series, there are posts trolling me, my wife, and my sister. Ex facie defamatory. It’s shocking. They (defendants) are surely not defending those posts,” Sethi said.
The Ba***ds of Bollywood, produced by Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment and directed by Aryan Khan, is described as a satire on the Hindi movie industry. The show options a “plain-clothed cop” who raids a Bollywood occasion and detains an actor despite discovering no medicine — a storyline many social media customers have linked to the real-life 2021 incident involving Aryan Khan’s arrest. In his go well with, Wankhede alleges that the collection was “deliberately conceptualised and executed” to malign his image and has portrayed him in a “colourable and prejudicial manner.”
The controversy comes as The Ba***ds of Bollywood marks Aryan Khan’s first major project in the leisure industry, including another layer of public scrutiny to the younger filmmaker’s debut.
With the court now issuing notices to both the streaming platform and the manufacturing home, the case is set to reignite debates around creative expression, real-life inspiration, and the skinny line between satire and defamation.
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