MUMBAI: For some it might be cheesy. But for us at indiantelevision.com, it is the most bad ass promo we have seen in recent times. It stars, ,who else but the Badshah of Bollywood (yes, we hate usage of  that word Bollywood)  Shah Rukh Khan and the one man who can get away with blue murder with him - his son Aryan Khan.  We have all heard that Shah Rukh and his son are coming on OTT (read: Netflix) with the latter’s directorial debut with the  The Baa**ds of Bollywood. 
 

And the promo teases us and wants us, forces to want to watch it when it debuts by not disclosing what it’s about, thanks to its creative.

It begins with SRK  in front of a filming unit and facing the camera and like the LA-based real estate broker commercial makes a pitch for the show only to be told by the man behind the camera to give another take. Take after take SRK’s histrionics are rejected. Even his most famous arms-stretched pose is given a thumbs down.

Until SRK gets fed up and threatens the director telling him is this his father’s reign or kingdom and he pops up from behind the camera saying yes, revealing himself to be Aryan Khan.  

SRK now decides to not listen to his son and gives what appears to be a perfect scene and dialogue delivery. Gets a whole lot of applause from the unit. Only to be told by Aryan if Papa would give another take as he had forgotten to switch on the recording button. Wow! That enrages his father no end. The promo ends with Aryan saying: “Papa before you lift your hand on your son, please wait.”

Clearly, it was very funny and punny and hilarious and had us rolling over in splits. Guess, we are SRK fans. Hence, we had to document it, in case someone has not seen it and we forget it in future.  

A memorable promo if there ever was any!