The Ba***ds of Bollywood Review | Suchin Mehrotra | THR India

Suchin Mehrotra reviews Aryan Khan's directorial debut "The Ba***ds of Bollywood" for The Hollywood Reporter India, calling it one of the most entertaining watches of the year. Suchin praises the Netflix series for its meta humor, flashy style, and deliciously chaotic take on the Hindi film industry, particularly highlighting the glorious opening episode that masterfully uses masala cinema tropes. The review applauds Aryan's fresh comedic voice and the show's willingness to give the industry a giant middle finger while simultaneously being an enjoyable love letter to Bollywood.

While Suchin acknowledges the series struggles with plot cohesion and has too many distracting subplots, he argues this chaos is intentional and fitting for a story about stardom and show business. He singles out Raghav Juyal's scene-stealing performance as Parvaiz, calling him the best thing about the series, and praises the ensemble cast including Lakshya Lalwani, Bobby Deol, and Manish Chaudhari. Despite some missteps and edginess for the sake of it, Suchin ultimately finds the show utterly charming in its outrageous excess and recommends it as a giddy, imaginative ride worth experiencing on Netflix.