‘Take a bow, Aryan Khan—you’ve delivered a masterpiece’ – Firstpost

Netflix and Aryan Khan’s The Ba***ds of Bollywood continues to pierce the cultural zeitgeist with fans worldwide taking to the internet to share memes, comments, and reels on the series and its music. Within hours of its release, the series quickly made it to the top spot in the Netflix India Top 10 list and continues to be amongst the Top 5 Non-English TV titles on Netflix’s Global since it launched 2 weeks ago. It continues to trend in 14 countries, retaining the #1 spot in 9 countries.

And now, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has praised the show in his latest tweet. His long tweet read- “Just finished watching Aryan Khan’s directorial debut, “The Ba***ds of Bollywood”, and I’m left grasping for words of praise. It takes time to grow on you, but then you’re irresistibly hooked! The writing is sharp, the direction is fearless, and the sheer audacity of this satire is just what Bollywood needed. A genius, often hilarious, sometimes moving, and always unflinching look beyond the glamour, sending up every cinematic cliche with razor-like wit — and a series of insider jokes that let the audience into the act & behind the scenes.”

I’ve been battling a cold & cough and cancelled engagements for two days. My staff and my sister, @smitatharoor, persuaded me to turn my eyes away from the computer part of the time towards a @NetflixIndia series, and it’s one of the best things I have ever treated myself to:… pic.twitter.com/xRUHv8ERTB

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) October 26, 2025

He added, “The seven compelling episodes mark the arrival of a true storytelling powerhouse. Take a bow, Aryan Khan—you’ve delivered a masterpiece: “
TheBa***dsOfBollywood” is brilliant!”

Produced by
Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt. Ltd, the series is created by Aryan Khan and co-creators Bilal Siddiqi and Manav Chauhan, who also wrote the show.

Series creator and director Aryan Khan said, “Whenever things got difficult, I’d hear Jaraj’s voice in my head, “Haarne mein aur haar maanne mein bohot farak hota hai”. At first, I thought it was motivation, but soon realised it was just lack of sleep and fatigue. Still, that vision kept me going, and now to see the happiness my work has brought people is deeply emotional for me.. it is why I do what I do, it is what drew me to storytelling. The love from around the world has been incredible, with the show trending across countries and filling timelines with reels, memes, and fan theories. What began as my story now truly belongs to the audience, and it’s only because of Netflix that this story could reach homes across the globe. As Jaraj would humbly say…Ab pehechana?”