Updated On: 03 October, 2025 02:21 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Aryan Khan expressed gratitude for the global response to The Ba***ds of Bollywood, noting that what began as his personal story now belongs to the audience, and praised Netflix for helping bring his vision to homes worldwide

Aryan Khan
Netflix and Aryan Khan’s The Ba***ds of Bollywood continues to pierce the cultural zeitgeist with fans worldwide taking to the internet to share memes, comments, and reels on the series and its music. Within hours of its release, the series quickly made it to the top spot in the Netflix India Top 10 list and continues to be amongst the Top 5 Non-English TV titles on Netflix’s Global since it launched two weeks ago. It continues to trend in 14 countries, retaining the number 1 spot in nine countries. Produced by Red Chillies Entertainments Pvt. Ltd, the series is created by Aryan Khan and co-creators Bilal Siddiqi and Manav Chauhan, who also wrote the show.
Talking about the dialogue and character that kept him going even during difficult times, Aryan Khan said, “Whenever things got difficult, I’d hear Jaraj’s voice in my head, “Haarne mein aur haar maanne mein bohot farak hota hai”. At first, I thought it was motivation, but soon realised it was just lack of sleep and fatigue. Still, that vision kept me going, and now to see the happiness my work has brought people is deeply emotional for me.. it is why I do what I do, it is what drew me to storytelling. "