Red Chillies opposes Sameer Wankhede’s plea in Delhi HC, says Ba***ds of Bollywood is satire, not defamation

Sameer Wankhede’s claim that the series “Ba**ds of Bollywood” defamed him doesn’t hold because he was already the target of public criticism and ridicule long before it was released, Shah Rukh Khan’s Red Chillies Entertainment said to the Delhi high court.

In his suit, Sameer Wankhede had alleged that the makers deliberately maligned his reputation. (FILE)

The company asked the court to dismiss former NCB officer Wankhede’s defamation suit .

The series, on Netflix , was created, co-written, and directed by Aryan Khan, Shah Rukh Khan’s son, who was arrested by Wankhede in an NCB raid on a cruise ship in 2021. Aryan Khan and five others were exonerated by NCB in 2022.