There are moments in cinema, and more rarely in streaming, when a project arrives not merely as a piece of entertainment but as a cultural statement, an artefact of inheritance, rebellion, and a test of artistic mettle. The Bads of Bollywood, the maiden directorial venture of Aryan Khan under the banner of Red Chillies Entertainment, is one such event. Released globally on Netflix on 18 September 2025, the series instantly announced itself not only as the work of a fledgling filmmaker finding his voice but also as a symbolic act of succession — a son attempting to carve out his identity in an industry dominated, and in many ways defined, by his father.

Aryan Khan’s father needs no introduction. Shah Rukh Khan, the undisputed “King of Bollywood”, has built a mythology that is as enduring a

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