John Abraham On Batla House’s Legal Row: “We’re Not Getting Victimised Here Except For Social Media Trolls…”

Following the Delhi High Court’s green signal to Batla House, its lead actor John Abraham said on Wednesday that he would not look at the whole process as a victim.

Directed by Nikkhil Advani, Batla House is inspired by the alleged police encounter in Delhi in the wake of the 2008 serial blasts. John essays the character of Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Sanjeev Kumar Yadav, who spearheaded the operation.

Justice Vibhu Bakhru disposed off the plea after filmmakers agreed to make changes in the disclaimer and modify/delete scenes that were objected to by the petitioners.

The plea, filed by Ariz Khan and Shehzad Ahmad, both accused in the Batla House encounter case, is likely to come up for hearing next week. The petition sought a direction to the Centre for pre-screening of the film.

The petition stated that the movie’s poster and promotional videos claimed that the sequence of events in the movie was inspired by true events, which created the impression that the film depicted the true account of the Batla House encounter.

Sharing his thoughts on this, John told the media here: “If you have a point of view or you want to raise an issue, you must, because democracy is all about that.

“We (filmmakers) are on a platform where people might ask us a question and we should be ready with the answers. I would not look at it as a victim…no, we are not getting victimised here except for social media trolls where nameless, faceless people are there and trolling.”