New Delhi: Manoj Bajpayee’s Ghooskhor Pandat is facing Brahmin backlash, just hours after the release of its teaser by Netflix at an event in Mumbai. People have taken objection to the use of the adjective to describe a pandat.
“Why only Pandit? Why not maulana? Why not father? I am warning you,” wrote a Bombay High court lawyer, Ashutosh J Dubey, in the comment section.
“The title is bad, offensive and insensitive. Better ask the movie makers to take that down,” read another comment by a user, Navika Chauhan.
One person, Shubham Tiwari Baba, pointed out that even Bajpayee is Brahmin and that money and power is being used to get Brahmins to malign the community.
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‘Highly objectionable’
The film’s creator is Neeraj Pandey, who also made the Netflix cop saga Khakee: The Bihar Chapter (2023) and its 2025 sequel. The latest film is part of Netflix India’s 2026 content slate.
The teaser opens with an injured young woman being thrown off a moving car, following which a voiceover asks, “Who is the Investigating Officer?
Bajpayee enters the frame as a male voice says, “His name is Ajay Dixit but he is infamous as Pandat in Delhi Police. He is married but a philanderer. His service record is also very bad.” Then the teaser shows snapshots of the other characters in the film.
The teaser, shared on Netflix India’s Instagram, has the caption, “Har corrupt officer ko badalne ka ek mauka milta hai. Ab officer Ajay Dixit ki bari (Every corrupt officer gets a chance to change. It’s Ajay Dixit’s turn now)”.
The reel has more than two million views.
“Today, Brahmins are being blamed, insulted and used as scapegoats for dirty vote-bank politics. Recently, an IAS officer Santosh Verma said reservation should continue until a Brahmin donates his daughter to my son. Slogans like ‘Brahmins Bharat chodo’ and ‘Brahminwad se azadi’ are becoming so common. At a time when hate against Brahmins is truly next-level, coming up with such names for a movie is highly objectionable,” said Anuradha Tiwari, the founder of Dharma Party of India, which describes itself as “India’s first political front committed to Merit, Equality & Development”. Tiwari is a self-proclaimed Brahmin rights activist.
She also warned that the title should be changed immediately, or the show would face a ban.
(Edited by Aamaan Alam Khan)