Red Chillies Entertainment has opposed IRS officer Sameer Wankhede’s defamation suit before the Delhi High Court over his alleged defamatory portrayal in Netflix’s The Ba***ds of Bollywood, a satirical series directed by actor Shah Rukh Khan’s son, Aryan Khan. In its response to Wankhede’s interim injunction plea, the production house maintained that the show is a work of satire and parody, and the depiction of characters cannot be construed as defamatory in any manner. Citing excerpts from its statement, LiveLaw reported that Red Chillies stated: “The allegations levelled against Defendant No. 1 relate to a clip lasting not more than one minute and forty-eight seconds, where a police officer in plain clothes is merely portrayed as an overzealous officer. There is nothing remotely defamatory about the said clip.” The production company further argued that the content constitutes artistic expression and satire, protected under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution, and any attempt to impose prior restraint or censorship would only be justified under Article 19(2). Story continues below this ad Red Chillies also emphasised that Wankhede, …