It is the personal opinion of character, Gujarat HC to petitioner's lawyer on dialogue in Dhurandhar

Gujarat High Court while hearing a petition seeking restriction on a controversial dialogue of film 'Dhurandhar' said to the petitioner's lawyer that it is the personal opinion of the character. It is not in general that a defamatory statement is made.

The court said that the character in the film says, 'Mein Hamesha Bolta Hu, Bade Sahab Ko' that is what it starts with, so it is a personal opinion and not in general. The character in the film says it, this is what the interpretation is'.  

"You have to substantiate. You cannot be technical, you have to show how you are prejudiced, on context part. What repercussions are there, nothing is there. You are just saying this is defamatory to me (petitioner), therefore delete it, the court said to the petitioner lawyer.

The court said to the petitioner lawyer that, this is a movie which is set out in a different country. It deals with some two countries which are not connected with India. Now in that particular context you are trying to say that we are being defamed in India. This community may be anywhere in the world. If you have seen the movie, I don't know but, if you have seen the movie, nothing is there in India. The dispute is between two countries - neighbouring countries and in that there is a dialogue which you (petitioner) say I am being defamed in India.

Petitioner's lawyer argued that, this community is everywhere and also in Gujarat, to this court said, we are not saying no to this. The lawyer said that, but the film is released here (India). 

The petitioner lawyer said that it compares a community with an animal which is known to be cunning, deceitful, someone can't be trusted and the entire community is compared to that, it is derogatory in the face of it. This is very general there is no context. Replying to this, thr court said this is not general.

The court said to the petitioner's lawyer that this is not derogatory in that sense you are just picking up an out of context thing and now trying to make it a big thing. 

The petitioner lawyer argued that any word which is derogatory, it can only be justified in the context. We can show the court what it is that in one line. 

A petition was filed in Gujarat High Court seeking a stay on the exhibition and circulation of the alleged offensive dialogue across all platforms. It argues that failure to remove or modify the dialogue would severely hurt the sentiments of the Baloch community.

The matter is likely to be heard on January 9, 2026.