The Ba***ds of Bollywood, a slickly produced take on the machinations within the Hindi film industry is directed by an A-list insider — Aryan Khan, Shah Rukh Khan’s son. It traces the meteoric rise of an ambitious newbie and in moments of clever self-awareness, there are funny digs at star kids and their dynastic ties. Cameos by the Khan family’s famous friends, Karan Johar and Ranveer Singh, prop it up further. The Ba***ds of Bollywood isn’t bad but it isn’t particularly good either. However, for a first-timer (even if it is Aryan’s mummy’s production), it is superb. It’s also true that in a large, well-funded crew with seasoned assistants, we’ll never know how much credit is due to whom.

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