The Ba***ds of Bollywood preview was released on Wednesday amid much anticipation and a grand stage set by none other than Shah Rukh Khan. The King actor turned host as he launched the two-minute-and-thirty-eight-second-long preview of his son, Aryan Khan`s, directorial debut series. The preview has been receiving rave reviews from the audience, who are flooding the internet with their praise and high expectations from the series, which premieres on September 18. Fairly so, the preview does pack a punch or rather multiple of them, with the humour, drama, music and everything Bollywood.
The Ba***ds of Bollywood preview highlights
Shah Rukh Khan`s opening voiceover
The preview starts with Shah Rukh Khan`s iconic voice blessing our ears as he says, “Bollywood! Ek sapno ka sheher hai, par yeh sheher sabka nahi hota. Iss sapno ki duniya mein kuch log hero ke ghar paida hote hai, aur kuch log hero paida hote hai.”
Bobby Deol`s entry
Bobby Deol gets his superstar entry as Ajay Talvar, with tattoos over his biceps, and sporting a manbun as he walks the red carpet amid camera flashes and fans cheering.
Karan Johar`s explosive cameo
Karan Johar, as promised, makes an explosive cameo in the preview in a black sweatshirt, mouthing some cuss words on the phone. The visibly infuriated Johar sports his signature quirky glasses.
Salman Khan cameo
Short, yet impactful, Salman Khan turns around and says “Bullsh*t party”, following Raghav Juyal`s “What a party, kya party, superb party!”
Andar jaane ke bad dialogue
One of the seeti-maar scenes that clearly stood out was the policeman`s dialogue, “Tension nahi leneka, andar jaane ke log aur bhi famous ho jaate hai (Don`t worry, people get more famous after going inside)” as the lead actor, Lakshya, is seen entering a prison. Many joined the dots and noticed how Aryan Khan had made a joke on himself, referring to his more than 20 days spent in Arthur Road jail after his connection with a drug bust on a cruise ship off the coast of Mumbai.
Ranveer Singh`s “Hard” cameo
At the end of the trailer, Ranveer Singh makes a cameo saying, “Hard, bohot hard.”
The Ba***ds of Bollywood
The first look of The Bads of Bollywood was unveiled on Wednesday at the YRF Studios in Andheri. Marking the directorial debut of Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, the series features Bobby Deol, Lakshya, Sahher Bambba, Manoj Pahwa, Mona Singh, Manish Chaudhari, Raghav Juyal, Anya Singh, and Vijayant Kohli with Rajat Bedi and Gautami Kapoor.
Talking about the series, Aryan said, “With, `The Ba***ds of Bollywood, I wanted to build a world that feels alive, a mix of glitz and grit, where ambition shines, egos clash, and nothing is ever as it seems. In Netflix, we found a partner who shared our creative vision-helping us tell the story exactly how it needed to be told, raw, stylised, and something the world has never experienced before”.
The music of the series is composed by Shashwat Sachdev, along with Anirudh Ravichander and Ujwal Gupta as guest composers. It will be released under the label of T-Series. The show is produced by Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt. Ltd, and is created by Aryan Khan, and co-creators Bilal Siddiqi and Manav Chauhan. The Ba***ds of Bollywood is set to drop on September 18 on Netflix
