The Ba***ds of Bollywood: Delhi High Court issues notices to makers over Sameer Wankhede’s plea against Aryan Khan and his web -series : Bollywood News
Former Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officer Sameer Wankhede has filed a defamation suit against Netflix and Red Chillies Entertainment over Aryan Khan’s debut film The Ba***ds of Bollywood. The show, which premiered on the streaming platform last month, sparked controversy after viewers noticed a character resembling Wankhede – the officer who arrested Aryan in 2021 during a drug bust aboard a cruise. The Delhi High Court on Wednesday issued notices to Netflix and Red Chillies Entertainment following Wankhede’s plea.
The Ba***ds of Bollywood: Delhi High Court issues notices to creators regarding Sameer Wankhede’s plea against Aryan Khan and his web series
The court had previously rejected his initial petition as “not admissible”, but after he submitted an amended version, the case was taken to a hearing. “We understand that there are reasons in your favor to approach this court, but there is a process to follow,” the court said, according to the Hindustan Times report. Representing Wankhede, senior advocate Sandeep Sethi told the bench that his client and his family had been subjected to incessant abuse online since the show’s release. “With reference to the show, there are posts trolling me, my wife and my sister. Defamatory on the face of it. It is shocking. Surely they (the accused) are not defending these 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 film industry. The show features an “undercover cop” who raids a Bollywood party and arrests an actor despite finding no drugs – a storyline that many social media users have linked to the real-life 2021 incident involving Aryan Khan’s arrest. In his lawsuit, Wankhede alleges that the series was “deliberately conceptualized and executed” to malign his image and portrayed him in a “disguised and harmful manner.”
The controversy comes as The Ba***ds of Bollywood marks Aryan Khan’s first major project in the entertainment industry, adding another layer of public scrutiny to the young filmmaker’s debut.
With the court now sending notices to both the streaming platform and the production house, the case is poised to reignite debates around artistic expression, actual inspiration and the fine line between satire and defamation.
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