In the plea, Sameer Wankhede called Aryan Khan’s directorial debut ‘false, malicious, and defamatory’.
IRS Officer Sameer Wankhede has moved the Delhi High Court, accusing Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan of defaming him via their recently released Red Chillies Entertainment series The Ba***ds Of Bollywood. In the plea, which also named the OTT giant Netflix among others, Wankhede called Aryan Khan’s directorial debut ‘false, malicious, and defamatory’. He claimed that the series “disseminates a misleading and negative portrayal of anti-drug enforcement agencies, thereby eroding public confidence in law enforcement institutions.”
In his plea, Wankhede claimed that the series has been “deliberately conceptualised and executed with the intent to malign Sameer Wankhede’s reputation in a colourable and prejudicial manner.”
“Furthermore, the series, inter alia, depicts a character making an obscene gesture—specifically, showing a middle finger after the character recites the slogan “Satyamev Jayate” which is the part of the National Emblem. This act constitutes a grave and sensitive violation of the provisions of the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971, which attracts penal consequences under law,” a statement from Wankhede read.
Wankhede has therefore demanded damages of Rs 2 crore, which he claimed will be donated to the Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital for the treatment of Cancer patients.
The Delhi High Court will now hear Wankhede’s plea on Friday, September 26. The matter will be heard by a single-judge bench of Justice Purushendra Kumar Kaurav.
What Did Aryan Khan Show In The Ba***ds of Bollywood?
There was a scene in Aryan Khan’s directorial debut which left netizens convinced that the superstar’s son has slyly taken a dig at ex-Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) officer Sameer Wankhede — the man who famously arrested him during the 2021 drug case investigation.
The Sameer Wankhede cameo in the Bads*** of Bollywood Is too good lol.
Iykyk#Badsofbollywood #AryanKhan #ShahRukhKhan𓀠 pic.twitter.com/05PTrvTEsy— PSG24 (@DOCPSG24) September 18, 2025
In the scene, an officer barges into a glitzy party and notices a man smoking a joint. However, upon learning that the man is not from Bollywood, the officer loses interest and lets him go. Moments later, he finds another man — not consuming drugs, just sipping a drink — but since the man belongs to Bollywood, he is promptly arrested.
