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After Aryan Khan announced his directorial debut, he carried the baggage of his father Shah Rukh Khan’s stardom. Now, when his series The Ba***ds of Bollywood was released on Netflix, it has been gaining praise from the audience and Aryan’s direction was also appreciated. Anya Singh, who was part of the show, shed light on the new director’s effort and dismissed the speculation of Aryan not directing the show, but rather taking help from some other makers. She stated that he deserved all the credit. The actress revealed that Aryan deserves all the credit and appreciation. Anya asserted on Khan’s day and night hard work and mentioned that his energy is the same all day.

In an interview with The Hindustan Times, Anya Singh reacted to social media posts that claim that Aryan must have been helped by a ghost director on the show. She said, “I feel people just want an opportunity to bring another person down. That’s why I say he is so deserving of every good thing everyone is saying about him. He has worked really hard on this project. From 7 in the morning to 11 PM, his energy never dropped. You never saw him sigh. He was always smiling and so focused.”

While talking about Aryan’s choice to work with a younger crew than veteran technician. She added, “He is a young guy who stuck by his vision. It was very brave of him to do this. He knew there’d be conversations and chatter, but he did not question his vision at any point. I have a lot of respect for how he has stood by his own thoughts.”

Anya Singh revealed that even the cast was unaware of the twist in the climax till the day of the shoot. Anya said, “We never read the climax. We were narrated the climax on the day of the shoot. For months, we didn't know what the climax was.”

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“Aryan was enjoying himself. He just said, 'I'll tell you when I need to tell you.' Nobody read the climax, except Bobby sir and Mona ma'am, and maybe even Manoj sir. The rest of us hadn't. We were all taken into Shah Rukh sir's van. All of us were guessing and confused as to what we were shooting. With Aryan, you never know what's coming! That was exactly what he was going for. We took our time to absorb it,” she added.

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The Ba***ds of Bollywood features Anya Singh, Rajat Bedi, Gautami Kapoor and Manish Chaudhari in key roles. It had big cameos by Bollywood stars like Shah Rukh Khan, Salman Khan, Aamir Khan, Karan Johar, Ranbir Kapoor and Ranveer Singh, among others. The series is streaming on Netflix.