Aryan Khan’s directorial debut series, The Ba***ds of Bollywood, which was released on September 18, 2025, grabbed a lot of attention for its unique narrative and subtle real-life connections. Despite all the love and praises, the series has found itself in the middle of a controversy as NCB officer, Sameer Wankhede has filed a defamation case against it. Amid the legal case, a lot of fans have expressed their thoughts on the same.
Netizens express their confusion over Sameer Wankhede’s legal case
On September 25, 2025, NCB officer, Sameer Wankhede filed a defamation case against Aryan Khan and his series, The Ba***ds of Bollywood, for allegedly mocking him and making fun of anti-drug agencies. As soon as his legal notice made headlines, a lot of fans took to their X (formerly Twitter) handles and shared their thoughts on the same.
Users on X looked completely confused and wondered how Sameer Wankhede would prove that the character shown in the series is him. Regarding the same, one user commented, “No but how is he going to prove that’s his character help??” Another user wrote, “As far as I remember it wasn’t even introduced with a name or anything, now if he assumes that’s him.” A third user penned, “Not even cruise it was.. Just a normal club party scene.”
Sameer Wankhede’s legal notice
In the first episode of the series, The Ba***ds of Bollywood, there is a scene of a Bollywood party, in which a police officer steps out of a jeep and detains a man smoking w**d. However, realising that he is just a regular DJ, he gets disappointed, until he spots a star doing the same and arrests him instead. This scene ignited the current legal notice. Sameer’s legal team has claimed that the police officer in the series looks a lot like him and he is shown making a rude hand gesture and running an anti-drug campaign in Bollywood.
Sameer believes that it was done on purpose to mock him and damage his image after the 2021 case, in which he arrested Aryan Khan. The legal notice also mentioned that the series gives a false and negative image of anti-drug agencies, which could reduce public trust in them. Along with such accusations, he has demanded Rs. 2 crore, which will be donated to Tata Cancer Memorial Hospital.
More about The Ba***ds of Bollywood
The Ba***ds of Bollywood is a recently released show on Netflix, which is directed by Aryan Khan and produced by Red Chillies Entertainment. The 7-episode show explores the dark side of Bollywood including glitz, power plays, insider deals and hypocrisy.
The show follows ‘Aasmaan Singh’ (played by Lakshay Lalwani), a newcomer who dreams to make it big in the industry. After giving a hit debut, he is paired up opposite a nepo-kid, ‘Karishma Talvar’ (played by Sahher Bambba). This starts the conflict between ‘Aasmaan’ and Bollywood ‘mafia’, ‘Ajay Talvar’ (played by Bobby Deol).
The series grabbed a lot of attention for its star-studded cameos, unique storytelling, sense of humour and larger than life visuals. The series stars Lakshay Lalwani, Raghav Juyal, Emraan Hashmi, Bobby Deol, Aamir Khan, Mona Singh, Manoj Pahwa, Karan Johar, Gautami Kapoor and more.
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