# The Bastards of Bollywood (2025)

> An ambitious outsider and his friends scramble through the chaotic, larger-than-life world of Bollywood.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/162646

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 7
- Episode runtime: 44 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: comedy, drama
- Created by: Aryan Khan, Bilal Siddiqi, Manav Chauhan
- Network: Netflix
- Cast: Lakshya, Bobby Deol, Sahher Bambba, Raghav Juyal, Mona Singh, Manoj Pahwa, Anya Singh, Manish Chaudhary
- TMDB rating: 7.5/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt34683290/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: mild
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Tone: irreverent, satirical, breezy, chaotic

## What critics say

Audiences broadly enjoy the miniseries for its satirical take on Hindi cinema and its star-studded cast, though its humor and pacing are judged uneven.

## Synopsis

The Ba***ds of Bollywood (2025) is an Indian satirical comedy miniseries created by Aryan Khan, Bilal Siddiqi and Manav Chauhan for Netflix. Lakshya plays Aasmaan Singh, an ambitious outsider who wants a foothold in the Hindi film industry, and he is surrounded by friends and rivals including Bobby Deol as Ajay Talvar and Sahher Bambba as Karishma Talvar. Raghav Juyal and Mona Singh add comic grit as the people around him, while Shah Rukh Khan appears as himself. The engine of the story is the constant scramble for a break: auditions, backroom deals, egos, and studio politics that spin out of control. Across seven episodes of roughly forty-four minutes each, the show moves through a glittering, overheated world of film sets and celebrity circles. It is a single limited season with a brisk, irreverent tone that mixes glamour, chaos and self-mockery. Fans of Entourage and Episodes will find resonance in its insider satire and affectionate sendup of show business.

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