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Delhi High Court Questions Maintainability of Sameer Wankhede’s Defamation Suit Over ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’

The judge asked Wankhede to justify filing the case in Delhi and to amend his plaint, leaving the defamation allegations to be considered later.

Sameer Wankhede refused to talk about Aryan Khan's show in a new interview.
Sameer Wankhede had sued Aryan Khan for his show The Ba***ds of Bollywood.
Bollywood filmmaker Aryan Khan during the preview launch of his directorial debut on Netflix 'The Ba***ds of Bollywood', in Mumbai.
Bollywood filmmaker Aryan Khan's show The Ba***ds of Bollywood was released on September 18.

Overview

  • Wankhede has sued Red Chillies Entertainment and Netflix, seeking an injunction, a declaration, and ₹2 crore in damages he says would be donated to Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital.
  • Justice Purushaindra Kumar Kaurav queried how the case could proceed in Delhi and allowed time for an amended filing before the matter is listed again.
  • The suit asks for removal of a specific segment of Episode 1 (timestamp 32:02–33:50) that Wankhede says features a character closely resembling him.
  • The petition alleges a false and malicious portrayal and objects to a scene where a character makes an obscene gesture after saying “Satyamev Jayate,” citing the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971.
  • Defendants also include X, Google and Meta, and the filing references the 2021 cruise raid in which Aryan Khan was arrested before later being cleared; the show’s creators have not confirmed the character is based on Wankhede.