In 2017, after several Censor Board roadblocks the film ‘Aadesh’—inspired by public prosecutor Ujjwal Nikam—rolled past the censor’s scissors and was released. Pune-based director Suvahhdan Angre had said about his Marathi film whose full name was ‘Aadesh-The Power of Law’ that “it is an intense Marathi courtroom drama. It is not solely about Nikam though. It is a movie about public prosecutors.” In the movie Angre, who played the central role, did try to look like Nikam and admitted that he had studied the celebrated lawyer’s walking and talking style through Internet footage. The film’s makers had also met him a couple of times.

Adv. Ujjwal Nikam