This is being seen as an unprecedented move because the Bollywood industry has always been divided into different camps. The lawsuit has been filed by four Bollywood industry associations and 34 leading production houses. New Delhi: In an unprecedented move on Monday (October 12), leading Bollywood producers approached the Delhi High Court, seeking to restrain two News media houses, Republic TV and Times Now, from making or publishing alleged "irresponsible, derogatory and defamatory remarks" against the film industry and conducting media trials against its members on various issues. For the first time in the 70 years of independent India, almost the entire film industry has come together on an issue. This is being seen as an unprecedented move because the industry has always been divided into different camps. The lawsuit by four Bollywood industry associations and 34 leading production houses included those owned by Aamir Khan, Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Karan Johar, Ajay Devgn, Anil Kapoor, Rohit Shetty, along with Yash Raj Films and RS Entertainment, have sought to restrain the news channels from interfering with the right to privacy of persons associated with the industry. The lawsuit sought a direction to Republic TV, its editor-in-chief Arnab Goswami and reporter Pradeep Bhandari, Times Now, its editor-in-chief Rahul Shivshankar and group editor Navika Kumar as well as social media platforms to refrain them from making or publishing allegedly irresponsible, derogatory, and defamatory remarks against Bollywood. Although these producers did not seek "a blanket gag order" but want the media persons to abide by the provisions of the Programme Code under the Cable Television Networks Rules and to withdraw, recall and take down all the defamatory content published by them against the film industry. The petition, filed through DSK Legal firm, has particularly objected to some of the words used by the particular section of the media. It objected to highly derogatory words and expressions for Bollywood such as 'dirt', 'filth', 'scum', 'druggies' and expressions like 'it is Bollywood where the dirt needs to be cleaned', 'all the perfumes of Arabia cannot take away the stench and the stink of this filth and scum of the underbelly of Bollywood', 'This is the dirtiest industry in the country', and 'cocaine and LSD drenched Bollywood'. The petition cited the reporting in the death of actor Shushant Singh Rajput and the subsequent Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) probe of certain actors following allegations of drug abuse in the industry. The lawsuit is expected to come up for a hearing later this week.