Shalini Passi has asked Aryan Khan for a bigger role in the second season of “The Ba***ds of Bollywood”, she told The Times of India in an interview published on October 23, 2026.
“Now I’ve asked him for a bigger role in the second season of The Ba***ds of Bollywood,” Shalini Passi said, putting the request on record. She has known Aryan since he was a child, and her season one appearance on his show clearly left her wanting more screen time.
The ask is a direct one, and Passi made it without hedging. A bigger part in season two would move her from the margins of the show toward its centre, a shift she seems ready for after her first taste of Aryan’s set.
Passi’s request puts the ball in Aryan’s court. The second season would give her more room than the first, where her appearance ended up smaller than the shoot had suggested.
Shalini Passi on working with Aryan Khan
Passi’s memories of the season one shoot include an unexpected musical moment. Aryan made her sing “Mitwa” during filming, though that portion was eventually cut and never made it to the finished show.
The cut did not sour her on the experience. If anything, Shalini Passi sounds taken with the way Aryan runs a set, describing a director who knows exactly what he wants from every scene.
“He’s absolutely obsessive about his work… The show is so him – his kind of humour and the twist. Nobody could have thought of it. He is extremely intelligent. He never wanted to be in front of the camera,” she said.
The praise covers both the craft and the person. Passi credited Aryan’s humour and his sense of the twist for the shape of the series, calling the show unmistakably his. She also noted that he never wanted to be in front of the camera, a choice that pushed him toward directing instead.
Shalini Passi on Shah Rukh Khan and family ties
Shalini Passi also spoke warmly of Shah Rukh Khan, describing him as a great learner and a friend. She said the two families have been friends since her engagement, a relationship that goes back years.
The family connection explains the ease with which she talks about Aryan. Shalini Passi has watched him grow up, which makes her praise of his obsessive work ethic read as something observed up close rather than offered from a distance.
Shalini Passi on fillers, Botox and looking like herself
Passi, who is 50, spoke openly about experimenting with fillers and Botox during the pandemic. She did not like how they turned out. “Today, everybody looks the same. I want to look like a better version of myself,” she said.
Her objection was to the sameness. Passi felt the treatments ironed out what made faces distinct, and she preferred to keep her own features rather than chase a look shared by everyone else.
She drew the same line around acting. “I’m not an actor. I don’t want to play some other character. I want to play me,” said Shalini Passi, ruling out roles that would ask her to become someone else.
A small part in a Madhur Bhandarkar film
Within those terms, Shalini Passi has still said yes to film work. She will appear in a small part in a Madhur Bhandarkar film, a brief appearance that asks her to play herself rather than a constructed character.
The part fits the philosophy she laid out in the interview: show up as herself, keep it small, and skip the transformation. She seems content to stay on the edges of acting while asking Aryan Khan for a bigger slice of his show.
For now, the ask is public and the answer is pending. Passi has said what she wants from season two; whether the show makes room for it is Aryan’s call. The interview covered acting, ageing and family friendships in equal measure, with the season two request as its headline.
The Times of India published the interview on October 23, 2026.