Bangladesh, Sept. 22 -- When Ananya Panday debuted in "Student of the Year 2" and the nepotism debate in Bollywood hit fever pitch, I remember reading that Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan wanted to direct rather than act.

Despite my lifelong loyalty to SRK and my soft spot for his son, I rolled my eyes: "Of course, you'd be a director - how else to prove you're a different little snowflake?"

Now, anyone who knows me knows I am the biggest cheerleader for nepotism in Bollywood - after Karan Johar, naturally. I am a vocal advocate of star kids' rights, and an equally vocal defender of their wrongs. Even then, I was sceptical about Aryan's first directorial venture, "The Ba***ds of Bollywood".

This is, in fact, the first show where I sat throu...