Up to date on: Nov 18, 2025 09:41 am IST
The Delhi Excessive Courtroom questioned the inherent bias within the satire of Aryan Khan’s The Ba***ds of Bollywood whereas listening to Sameer Wankhede’s plea towards it.
The Delhi Excessive Courtroom has pulled up Crimson Chillies Leisure and Netflix’s satirical drama The Ba***ds of Bollywood for its obvious bias towards former NCB official Sameer Wankhede. Listening to a plea by Wankhede that the present defames him, the court docket agreed that the depiction was satire however maintained that it wasn’t with out bias.
Makers say gun to their head with Wankhede’s criticism
Wankhede has sued Crimson Chillies and Netflix, together with the present’s creator, filmmaker Aryan Khan, for defamation. Aryan was famously arrested by Wankhede in 2021 when he was with the Narcotics Management Bureau, however later all fees towards him have been dropped.
Showing for Crimson Chillies, Senior Advocate Kaul defended the present’s satire, saying, “I’m entitled to do that. You might be placing a gun to my head within the plaint. In fact, I can say that I’m impressed by characters….Each producer, paparazzi can seem tomorrow, (saying) my face resembles.” The advocate then cited how cartoonist RK Laxman might even satirically ridicule the Prime Minister. “That’s what we’ve been pleased with in our nation. RK Laxman’s character is an instance who ridiculed the Prime Minister.” At this, the court docket interjected, saying that there was no bias in RK Laxman’s work like there was in The Ba***ds of Bollywood, given Aryan and Sameer Wankhede’s historical past.
All about The Ba***ds of Bollywood
The Ba***ds of Bollywood depicts a plain-clothed cop with a campaign towards medication, and the web has commented on the character’s resemblance to the previous narcotics cop. In his criticism, Wankhede has demanded compensation and that the character’s scenes be faraway from the present.
Directed by Aryan Khan, The Ba***ds of Bollywood stars Lakshya, Sahher Bambba, Bobby Deol, Raghav Juyal, Mona Singh, Anya Singh, and Manoj Pahwa. It’s at the moment streaming on Netflix.
