India, Sept. 25 -- If there was a contemporary personification of the saying, 'never judge a book by its cover', it's probably be man of the moment, Aryan Khan.

When news dropped of SRK junior also venturing into the show business, many rolled their eyes. Now while some of the heat from that definitely blew over when it was revealed that Aryan's field of choice was behind the camera and not in front of it, there was still a lot of hesitance when it came to giving his maiden direction venture, The Ba***ds of Bollywood, a fair chance, given the never-ending nepo debate seeping into the foundations of the industry-audience dynamic.

But all of this only lasted till the show premiered on OTT earlier this month - because from the second it dr...