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IRS officer Sameer Wankhede has hit out at Shah Rukh Khan’s production house, Red Chillies Entertainment, over its Netflix series The Ba***ds of Bollywood, directed by Aryan Khan. In a rejoinder filed before the Delhi High Court, Wankhede described the show as “a calculated hit job" meant to damage his reputation, rejecting Red Chillies’ claim that the project is a satire.

Wankhede had earlier filed a defamation suit, alleging that the series portrays a government officer resembling him in a negative light. He pointed to similarities in the character’s appearance, speech pattern, and even his trademark phrase, “Satyamev Jayate." According to him, this was a “premeditated and targeted campaign" designed to ridicule him publicly.

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