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Actor Alyy Khan has lauded Pakistani rapper Talha Anjum, who courted controversy after waving the Indian flag during a concert in Nepal, while giving the example of singer-actor Diljit Dosanjh who decided to go ahead with his film Sardar Ji 3 despite facing a ban in his home country.
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Appearing on the ARY podcast, the British-Pakistani actor spoke about the human connect between the two neighbours despite their acrimonious relationship. “Bahut achcha kiya,” he said when asked about Talha’s act of waving the Indian flag. Giving his own example, he says he gets love in both countries where he works extensively, “When I go to India and this show is going on, people appreciate my work. They don’t say hit him with a shoe because he is doing a Pakistani show. There is so much love.” He called the act the true spirit of what a true Pakistani is.
He then gave the example of Diljit. “He did the film, he owned it. Mukra to nahi gaya (He owned it). The film didn’t even release in India so imagine the financial loss he faced,” Alyy said.
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The Ba***ds of Bollywood was weird’
When Aryan Khan made his directorial debut with his much-anticipated series The Ba**ds of Bollywood, viewers immediately noticed its blend of old-world charm and contemporary grit. The show portrayed the exaggerated, chaotic version of Bollywood that outsiders often imagine—power politics, ego clashes, and a barrage of cuss words woven into almost every line of dialogue. While many found the series edgy and entertaining, others criticised it for its language and its not-so-subtle digs at the industry. Among the displeased was Shah Rukh Khan’s long-time friend Viveck Vaswani, who openly expressed his disappointment over the show’s portrayal of Bollywood.
Now, Don 2 actor Ally Khan has also criticised the series, calling the profanities “forced” and unnecessary. “I recently watched Aryan Khan’s Ba**ds of Bollywood. It was very weird. You can’t watch it with your family because the language is so absurd.”
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He added, “The language in the series is not justified. It feels forced.”
Ally Khan questioned whether the characters depicted would realistically use such crude slang.
“The kind of people being shown—do they really speak in that sadak-chaap language?” he asked. “It makes me wonder if they do this just for eyeballs. There are many ways to say certain things. Even if cuss words were essential, they should be used only when needed. If they appear in every single frame, it becomes boring.”
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Earlier, Viveck Vaswani had also criticised the series and questioned the messaging coming from Shah Rukh Khan’s own camp.
Speaking to Radio Nasha, Vaswani said, “I have no comment on how well Aryan has directed it or how big the show is—it’s obviously given Netflix a huge boost, unlike The Archies. But what I cannot understand is, when did Shah Rukh come to the conclusion that Bollywood is a gutter and that everyone in it is bad? When he entered the industry, the love Aziz, my mother, and I gave him was immense.”
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He continued, “He never started his journey from the roads. He was living in Cuffe Parade, and after marriage, Aziz gave him a house in Bandra. Aziz’s children, Haroon and Rahila, treated him like a brother. I treated him like a brother. Everyone welcomed him with open arms, even before his first film released. So I have the right to ask—why does he think we were a bad industry?”
