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Viveck Vaswani Challenges Aryan Khan’s Gloomy Bollywood Portrait, Citing SRK’s Early ‘VIP Treatment’

He points to Shah Rukh Khan’s warmly received start as evidence that the industry is not uniformly hostile.

Overview

  • Speaking to Radio Nasha, SRK’s longtime friend Viveck Vaswani questioned Aryan Khan’s debut series for depicting Bollywood as a “gutter.”
  • He recalled housing Shah Rukh Khan in Mumbai for two years and described how Aziz Mirza’s family and others treated the newcomer with exceptional warmth.
  • Vaswani said SRK did not endure street-level struggle, noting that he lived in Cuffe Parade and later in a Bandra home arranged by Aziz Mirza.
  • He asked why the series included no redeeming characters yet added that he binge-watched it and praised Emraan Hashmi and Bobby Deol’s performances.
  • His comments surfaced as Shah Rukh Khan marked his 60th birthday and the first look of his Siddharth Anand film King generated fresh buzz.