Aryan Khan recently made his directorial debut with Ba***ds Of Bollywood, starring Lakshya, Anya Singh, Bobby Deol, Sahher Bambba and Raghav Juyal. The web series is produced by his father, megastar Shah Rukh Khan. During one of her latest interviews, Anya opened up about Shah Rukh’s involvement during the shoot of the show.

Anya, who plays the role of Lakshay’s character Aasmaan’s manager, said that SRK used to come on sets as a producer but he never interfered during the filming process and that it was solely done by Aryan.

“Shah Rukh didn’t come to the sets a lot, but of course, he was there from time to time. He gave Aryan that space and respect as a director. He understood that this was Aryan’s project, and it was his creation and dream. Whenever he came to the sets, he came as a father or maybe as a producer.

“But he never came to the sets and gave his own opinions on how things should be done. It was all Aryan. I am sure he must have taken some advice from him during the writing process, but he never intervened during the filming,” the actress added.

Ba***ds of Bollywood has become the talk of the town. Ever since it streamed on Netflix, It has grabbed everyone’s attention.

The show has also been embroiled in a controversy as Sameer Wankhede filed a Rs 2 crore defamation suit against Shah Rukh’s Red Chillies Entertainment and Netflix, claiming that Ba***ds Of Bollywood contains false and defamatory content.

However, the Delhi High Court on Friday (September 26) questioned the maintainability of a defamation suit filed by the Indian Revenue Service officer against the makers of the show. The court also asked Wankhede to amend the plea and show exactly how the exact cause of action took place in Delhi.

The show also stars Mona Singh, Gautami Kapoor, Manish Chaudhari, Manoj Pahwa and others. It has cameos by some of the biggest celebrities, including Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, SS Rajamouli, Disha Patani, Ranbir Kapoor, Karan Johar, Ranveer Singh, Rajkummar Rao, Arjun Kapoor, Siddhant Chaturvedi and others.

They Call Him OG, starring Pawan Kalyan and Emraan Hashmi, has stormed the box office with a record-breaking opening. Released on September 25, the gangster drama raked in an estimated Rs 70 crore in India across all languages on its first day. Adding the presale collections of Rs 20.25 crore, the film’s total opening day haul touched an impressive Rs 90.25 crore. Reportedly, the film earned around Rs 150 crore globally, making it the biggest Indian opener of 2025.

According to Sacnilk, the Telugu version dominated with a massive 69.35 per cent occupancy on Thursday, peaking at 77.51 per cent during night shows. The Tamil version registered 18.36 per cent occupancy, while Hindi and Kannada versions stood at 10.37 per cent and 9.19 per cent, respectively.

In North America, They Call Him OG set new benchmarks by emerging as the highest-grossing Telugu film of 2025 from its premiere shows alone. It also secured the fourth-biggest Telugu premiere day ever in the US, ahead of major releases like Jr NTR’s Devara: Part 1 and Prabhas’ Salaar: Part 1.

This success marks a strong comeback for Pawan Kalyan, who faced a setback earlier this year with Hari Hara Veera Mallu.

With this historic opening, They Call Him OG has outshined the debuts of recent blockbusters Chhaava and Saiyaara, and even surpassed Rajinikanth’s underwhelming Coolie. It also beat Mohanlal’s L2: Empuraan.

The buzz around OG was already sky-high before release, thanks to extraordinary advance bookings. With presales of Rs 20.25 crore, the film scored the fifth-highest advance booking in Indian cinema history – beating even biggies like Kalki 2898 AD (Rs 55.3 crore), Devara (Rs 49.9 crore), and Salaar (Rs 49 crore).

Directed by Sujeeth and produced by D. V. V. Danayya under DVV Entertainment, They Call Him OG features Pawan Kalyan as Ojas Gambheera, popularly known as OG.

The action-crime thriller follows his return to Mumbai’s underworld a decade after disappearing, only to confront Omi Bhau (Emraan Hashmi), a ruthless new kingpin. Themes of power, betrayal, and redemption play out against the gritty backdrop of Mumbai’s criminal underworld.

The film also stars Priyanka Mohan, Arjun Das, Prakash Raj, Subhalekha Sudhakar, Rao Ramesh, Sriya Reddy, Harish Uthaman, Abhimanyu Singh, Ajay Ghosh, Saurav Lokesh, Vennela Kishore, and Akira Nandan.

Mumbai, Sep 25: Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood megastar Shah Rukh Khan, has once again landed into troubled waters. In a new development, the IRS officer Sameer Wankhede has filed a defamation suit against Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt Ltd, owned by actors Shah Rukh Khan and Gauri Khan, the streaming giant Netflix and other parties.

The lawsuit has been filed in the Delhi High Court. In his petition, Sameer has sought a permanent injunction against the web series and damages. The issue has emerged after Aryan took a dig at Sameer, who detained him from a cruise in Mumbai in October 2021 over the alleged possession of narcotics.

Sameer Wankhede has alleged that the recently released OTT series ‘The Ba***ds of Bollywood’, directed by Aryan, has shown false, malicious and defamatory content. He also alleged that the image of anti-drug enforcement agencies has been tarnished and shown negatively, thereby undermining public trust in law enforcement agencies.

The series features a sequence where a drug enforcement agency officer, bearing striking resemblance to Sameer, raids a party, similar to how the latter raided a cruise party in the October of 2021.

Sameer Wankhede has claimed that the webseries has deliberately biased and defamatory content against him. He also alleged that the Sameer Wankhede and Aryan Khan case is currently pending in the Bombay High Court and a special NDPS court in Mumbai.

He alleged that a character in the web series is shown saying, “Satyamev Jayate” and immediately after that the character is seen making an obscene gesture. It is an insult to the slogan which is part of the national emblem and is an offence punishable under the Prevention of Insults to National Honour Act, 1971.

It has also been alleged that the content of the series violates various sections of the Information Technology Act and the Indian Penal Code as it attempts to hurt national sentiments by using obscene and objectionable content.

In his suit, Sameer Wankhede has sought damages of Rs 2 crore, which he proposes to donate for the treatment of cancer patients at Tata Memorial Cancer Hospital.

The series is produced by Red Chillies Entertainment Pvt Ltd, and is available to stream on Netflix.

On 2 October 2021, the NCB, headed by Sameer, had raided a cruise ship off Mumbai during a party and alleged possession of drugs among some attendees. Aryan Khan, along with others, was arrested on charges under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

However, Aryan received a clean chit from the NCB, as the agency stated that no material evidence was found to connect him to the case, leading to the dropping of charges against him. The NDPS court had also asked Aryan’s passport to be given back to him after he was given the clean chit.