Aryan Khan does nepotism right with ‘The Bads of Bollywood’

When Ananya Panday debuted in “Student of the Year 2” and the nepotism debate in Bollywood hit fever pitch, I remember reading that Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan wanted to direct rather than act. Despite my lifelong loyalty to SRK and my soft spot for his son, I rolled my eyes: “Of course, you’d be a director – how else to prove you’re a different little snowflake?” Now, anyone who knows me knows I am the biggest cheerleader for nepotism in Bollywood — after Karan Johar, naturally. I am a vocal advocate of star kids’ rights, and an equally vocal defender of their wrongs. Even then, I was sceptical about Aryan’s first directorial venture, “The Ba***ds of Bollywood”. This is,...