New Delhi, Sept. 22 -- Actor Ranbir Kapoor and OTT giant Netflix have come under scrutiny after the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) directed Mumbai Police to take action over a scene in the streaming series The Ba***s of Bollywood.

The complaint, filed by the Legal Rights Observatory, alleges that the show featured Kapoor smoking an e-cigarette without any statutory warning or disclaimer. According to complainant Vinay Joshi, the scene amounts to promotion of banned substances under the Prohibition of Electronic Cigarettes Act, 2019.

NHRC member Priyank Kanoongo told ANI that the commission had examined the complaint and found grounds to proceed.

"In India, under the E-Cigarette Prohibition Act, no person shall promote e-cigare...