Aryan Khan's The Bads of Bollywood debuts at star-studded premiere

The premiere of Aryan Khan's debut Netflix series The Bads of Bollywood drew a who’s who of the film industry to Mumbai on September 17, with a star-studded red carpet at the Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre and the series beginning to stream on Netflix from September 18. The evening served both as a family outing for the Khans and an industry rally behind a project that satirizes Bollywood’s inner workings while marking Shah Rukh Khan’s son’s first major role as writer-director.

Aryan Khan arrived with his parents Shah Rukh and Gauri Khan and siblings Suhana and AbRam. A brief video shared on social media showed Aryan playfully filming his father with the paparazzi on the red carpet, a clip that circulated widely and delighted fans. Shah Rukh Khan was also seen arriving at the venue and, earlier, had been captured in viral footage at an airport moving through with his children while keeping a low profile, according to the social post credited to Manav Manglani.

The premiere attracted a broad cross-section of Bollywood names, from fellow cast members including Lakshya, Sahher Bambba, Raghav Juyal, Manoj Pahwa and Anya Singh to established figures such as Karan Johar, Kajol and...