By Kashvi Raj Singh,News18

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Aryan Khan‘s directorial debut show, The B***ds of Bollywood, has finally dropped on Netflix. The show was released on September 18 amid high anticipation due to its storyline, Aryan Khan’s family legacy and the significant buzz created by the celebrity cameos in the show. Amid the many cameos in the show, a scene with Ranveer Singh and Karan Johar has caught everyone’s attention.
Ranveer and Karan, who play themselves on the show, meet at a Bollywood party. While they smile as they pose for paps together, their conversation paints a different picture. Ranveer shows up at the event pretending to have broken his leg as he wants to exit Karan’s film.

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Karan Johar tells the actor, “My movie saved your f***ing career.” Ranveer replies, “My performance saved your f***ing movie.” While it wasn’t explicitly mentioned in the show, many fans believe that this was a nod to Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani.
The B***ds of Bollywood Review
Meanwhile, Aryan Khan’s show has opened to largely positive reviews. News18 Showsha gave it 3.5 stars. Our review read, “What’s remarkable is Aryan’s fearlessness in biting the very hand that feeds him. The show is laced with satirical digs at nepotism, sycophancy, media voyeurism, and the fragile scaffolding of celebrity culture. Yet it never collapses into cynicism; there’s always a thread of humour, absurdity, and even tenderness that keeps the narrative buoyant. The Ba***ds of Bollywood invites you to watch not as an audience but as a voyeur, peering into the messy, intoxicating backstage chaos that props up the glamour of the silver screen. The dialogues are peppered with wit, sometimes savage, sometimes absurd, but almost always entertaining.”
“The B***ds of Bollywood isn’t flawless, but it doesn’t need to be. It’s messy, ambitious, and daring, much like the industry it skewers. Aryan Khan’s debut signals a filmmaker willing to dance with fire, to mock his own gilded world while confessing its allure. It entertains, it provokes, and above all, it reminds us why Bollywood, for all its contradictions, remains an obsession: equal parts dream, nightmare, and spectacle,” the review also mentioned.