2025 turned out to be a landmark year for Aryan Khan when he made his directorial debut. with the Netflix web series The Ba***ds of Bollywood. The show emerged as one of the most popular shows of the year and the numerous cameos by celebrities including Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, SS Rajamouli and Ranveer Singh certainly put it above the rest. Now, in a new interview, Aryan shared that he was the one who dubbed Salman’s appearance on the show. He also spoke about directing his father Shah Rukh Khan, who was also the producer of the show.
Laughing about it, Aryan told Filmfare, “I called the scene where Salman Khan says ‘bullfight’. I also dubbed some of the abuses that were said during the beginning of the series. I can remove Salman Khan’s voice very well. I will show it to everyone.”
Talking about directing SRK, Aryan highly praised his father’s professionalism. He said: “He doesn’t forget anything. He’s very easy to direct. It’s like a cheat code when you work with him. He already knows what needs to be done technically, so I don’t have to remind him of those things as a director. Mera kaam ho jaata hai (my work is done easily).” He also joked: “The cameraman doesn’t hate me for being a newcomer because my actor already knows everything.” Apart from the Netflix show, Aryan also worked with SRK on the ads for his brand D’YAVOL.
When asked if his superstar father guides or advises him on the set, Aryan candidly replied, “I will be more than happy for him to educate me. The only thing he keeps telling me is to shoot fewer takes.”
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Meanwhile, actor Manoj Pahwa, who was also highly praised for his performance in the series, recently spoke about his creative disagreements with Aryan during a conversation with Kunal Vijaykar on his YouTube channel. Recalling their discussions, Manoj said, “On a couple of occasions, we also had some disagreements. Maine bola itni gaali waali yaar, matlab mereko thodi si… itna badtameez aadmi. (I said so many abuses, I mean I was… what an ignorant guy.)” According to Manoj, Aryan reassured him by saying, “Sir, believe me, it will be nice. Trust me.”
Manoj further revealed that he was initially hesitant to deliver the dialogue. ‘ghante ka badshah’ in reference to Shah Rukh. However, Aryan convinced him by clarifying that the superstar had approved it. “I said Shah Rukh sir ko bolna ‘ghante ka badshah’, maine bola aise thodi yaar… He said, ‘Dad ne script padhi hui hai. Aapke mooh se gaali badi achhi lagti hai. Dad ne bola hai yeh rakhna zaroor.'” (I said I would call Shah Rukh ‘ghante ka badshah’, that’s not right… He said, ‘Dad has read the script and abusive words sound good coming from you. Dad has said let’s definitely keep this in the script.’)