Aryan Khan’s first foray into directing ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’, has ignited a firestorm – not for its storytelling but for a fleeting moment that’s now under legal scrutiny. A cameo by Ranbir Kapoor in which he casually vapes on screen has triggered a formal complaint from activist Vinay Joshi of the Legal Rights Observatory. Joshi claims the scene glamorizes the use of banned e-cigarettes and lacks any health warnings, potentially sending the wrong message to impressionable viewers. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has stepped in demanding accountability from both the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting and the Mumbai Police. With calls for legal action against the actor, producers and Netflix itself, the series finds itself at the center of a debate over artistic freedom and public responsibility.
