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Viveck Vaswani Rebukes Aryan Khan’s Netflix Debut for Painting Bollywood as a “Gutter”

He calls the bleak tone inconsistent with how the industry embraced Shah Rukh Khan early on.

Overview

  • Speaking to Radio Nasha Official, the veteran actor-producer questioned why Aryan Khan’s series portrays the film world as uniformly rotten and offers no redeeming character.
  • He recounted that Shah Rukh Khan, then a newcomer from Delhi, lived in Cuffe Parade and was given a home by director Aziz Mirza in Bandra, saying insiders treated him like family.
  • Vaswani said the show made him introspect and feel “a little sad,” asking whether he had contributed to any bitterness toward the industry.
  • While disagreeing with the series’ portrayal, he praised its performances, saying he binge-watched it and highlighting Emraan Hashmi and Bobby Deol.
  • Coverage of his remarks comes as Shah Rukh Khan turns 60 and after the first look of his next film, King, was unveiled to strong interest.