Red Chillies opposes Wankhede's plea; latter rejects defence

In the latest development amid the ongoing defamation case filed by Sameer Wankhede, the makers of The B***ds of Bollywood told the Delhi High Court that his claim is "wholly misconceived" and "devoid of merit".

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The Netflix series, created and directed by Aryan Khan, premiered in September and is described as a dark satire on the Hindi film industry. Wankhede, who led the 2021 cruise-drug raid that resulted in Aryan's arrest before he was later cleared in 2022, filed a ₹2 crore defamation suit earlier this month. He alleged that a character in the first episode closely resembles him and termed the show "a cal