<h1>Legal risks and compliance guide for streaming dramatizations of real crimes, including Section 499 defamation considerations</h1> Promotional press release for a Bengali crime-thriller series on a streaming platform, describing dramatizations of real criminal incidents (including reference to a historical female serial offender), episodic structure, creative team and cast, cultural framing, subtitles and asserted educational value in demonstrating investigations. The release contains an agency disclaimer disclaiming editorial responsibility. Legal considerations include potential defamation and privacy risks from dramatizing real events or living persons, obligations to avoid materially false statements, rights-of-publicity and consent issues for identifiable individuals, possible need for clear sourcing or permissions, and the protective role of prominent disclaimers and factual verification to mitigate liability.