India, Sept. 20 -- Who knew the stoic Aryan Khan would begin his showbiz career with a slapstick, melodramatically self-aware satire series - and nail his own brief?

The Ba***ds of Bollywood, ever since the trailer drop, garnered high expectations. While not much of the plot was given away, one thing was made evidently clear - that the 7-part series would be DRIPPING with star power. And well, almost everybody showed up.

From full fledged roles by Bobby Deol and Karan Johar (though he played himself) to blink and you miss bombastic cameos by Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, SS Rajamouli, Ranveer Singh, Sara Ali Khan, Disha Patani, Shanaya Kapoor, the Bollywood wives troupe, Rajkummar Rao, Arjun Kapoor and Siddhant Chaturvedi, the...