Human Rights Commission urges action against Ranbir Kapoor, Netflix over airing e-cigarette scene in 'The Ba***ds of Bollywood'

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ANI | Updated: Sep 22, 2025 18:59 IST

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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 22 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) urged the Mumbai Police to registry an FIR against histrion Ranbir Kapoor, producers, accumulation institution and OTT level Netflix for allegedly airing the usage of banned e-cigarettes connected surface without a informing oregon disclaimer successful the precocious released amusement 'The Ba****ds of Bollywood.'
'The Ba***ds of Bollywood' came nether the radar of contention aft an occurrence featured Ranbir Kapoor allegedly smoking a banned e-cigarette without a informing oregon disclaimer connected the surface during its release.
After receiving a ailment regarding the aforesaid from the Legal Rights Observatory, the NHRC subordinate Priyank Kanoongo wrote a missive to the Commissioner of Mumbai Police, urging them to instrumentality ineligible enactment against the actor, accumulation workplace and the OTT level for the usurpation of the Prohibition of Electric Cigarettes Act 2019.
While talking to ANI, Priyank Kanoongo said, "We received a ailment from an organisation called the Legal Rights Observatory. The complainant stated that determination is simply a bid called "The Ba***ds of Bollywood" connected the Netflix OTT platform. In 1 occurrence of this series, histrion Ranbir Kapoor is smoking an e-cigarette. The complainant alleges that done this, helium is influencing young people, particularly our caller generation, to fume e-cigarettes."

While calling the promotion, manufacturing, importing, selling oregon stocking e-cigarettes a crime, Priyank Kanoongo said that they person issued a missive to the Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, urging him to "remove this and instrumentality enactment against the applicable platforms."
"We examined this ailment and recovered that successful India, nether the E-Cigarette Prohibition Act, nary idiosyncratic shall beforehand e-cigarettes. Manufacturing, importing, selling, oregon stocking e-cigarettes successful India is simply a crime. We person issued a announcement to the Commissioner of Mumbai Police. We person asked him to record an FIR nether the due sections and instrumentality ineligible enactment against this actor, this accumulation company, and this OTT platform. We person besides asked him to place the manufacturers, importers, stockists, and sellers of these e-cigarettes and instrumentality due ineligible enactment against them. We person besides issued a announcement to the Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, asking him to region this and instrumentality enactment against the applicable platforms," said Priyank Kanoongo.

'The Ba***ds of Bollywood' was directed by Aryan Khan and stars Lakshya, Raghav Juyal, Bobby Deol and Sahher Bambba successful the pb roles.
The amusement is presently streaming connected Netflix. (ANI)

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