“The Bastards of Bollywood” vs “My Fault” Coincidence or Copy? Let’s Spill the Tea!

Batstards of Bollywood is a show that took everyone by the storm. The fresh writing, new concepts, bold scenes, and mainly recreating real life scenes that had become meme sensations- especially recreating the round table scene which had Ananya Panday and Siddhant Chaturvedi.

However, let’s be honest, what took the show to another level and what served as a plot twist that made everyone go crazy was the last episode! The climax that explained it all and made the whole show make sense, leaving everyone bamboozled. When Aryan Khan’s Bastards of Bollywood dropped, the internet basically exploded.

The show promised scandal, satire, and all things star-kid messy and oh boy, did it deliver. However, amid the memes, thirst edits, and Twitter wars, one question started trending faster than a PR scandal at Filmfare:  Was the climax inspired by the Hollywood movie “My Fault”?

In Bastards of Bollywood , we get the ultimate “Wait, WHAT?!” moment when two leads who’ve been vibing, flirting, and falling in love discover they’re actually half-siblings.

Which highlights its climax resemblance with My Fault. So, are we watching a homage? A coincidence? Or just Bollywood doing what Bollywood does best - remixing scandal with style?

 That’s because My Fault did the exact same thing. Step-siblings. Forbidden love. Emotional trauma. Aesthetically lit chaos. The resemblance was… hard to ignore. Here’s the tea: No official source or interview has confirmed that Bastards of Bollywood was directly inspired by My Fault.

But the audience isn’t buying that so easily. Social media detectives have already drawn the parallels, pointing out identical emotional beats, slow-burn tension, and even similar background score moods. However, GenZ had their opinions already formed. Comments like these flooded the internet : “They literally copied My fault, change my mind.”  “Nah, this is Indian storytelling meeting Gen Z aesthetics.”  “Incest plotlines are the new cringe bait - we’ve seen this in Euphoria and My Fault already.”

Someone even

commented : “ This show feels like My Fault , but in Bandra”. Let’s be real: Bollywood has a PhD in “creative inspiration.” From Partner being Hitch, to Baazigar basically being A Kiss Before Dying with songs - we’ve seen this pattern since our parents were watching Shah Rukh with gelled hair.

Or, is there an angle that none of us are exploring? Is this, what we call a, META MASTERSTROKE? Here’s the twist no one saw coming! What if Bastards of Bollywood isn’t copying My Fault - it’s mocking it? Think about it. Aryan Khan grew up inside the machine -he knows the gossip, the hypocrisy, the fake perfection. Maybe this show is a mirror held up to Hollywood and Bollywood both, saying: “You all romanticize dysfunction. I’m just saying it out loud.”

If that’s true, then this isn’t plagiarism - it’s performance art. It’s Euphoria meets Gupt meets Nepotism: The Series.

There’s no solid proof that Aryan Khan’s team took notes from My Fault. But whether it’s inspiration or coincidence, one thing’s clear – Bastards of Bollywood cracked the formula for viral chaos.It’s the kind of show that makes you cringe, gasp, and tweet all in the same scene. And in 2025, that’s basically the new definition of success. So maybe it doesn’t matter who copied whom. Because in the end, we all pressed “Next Episode” anyway.

Aapke Sawal, Hamare Jawab! (FAQs)

1. Was the climax of The Bastards of Bollywood really inspired by My Fault?Nope! While both explore taboo love themes, The Bastards of Bollywood features a biological half-sibling twist, whereas My Fault is about step-siblings. The Indian show’s ending is more aligned with the Malayalam film Solo (2017), not My Fault.

2. What is the real meaning behind The Bastards of Bollywood ending?The ending exposes how glamour often hides dark family secrets in the film industry. It’s less about romance and more about power, betrayal, and hypocrisy behind the fame.

3. Why do people compare The Bastards of Bollywood to My Fault?Because both stories involve forbidden relationships that shock audiences. But the core emotions and moral questions in The Bastards of Bollywood are rooted in Indian family drama and celebrity culture, not European teen romance.

4. Was Aryan Khan or the makers influenced by any other movie?Critics point to Solo (Malayalam, 2017) and Gupt (1997) as possible influences, especially in the way the twist reshapes the entire story. But there’s been no official confirmation from Aryan or the creators.

5. Why did the ending cause such a buzz online?Because it’s bold, unexpected, and way darker than what people expected from Aryan Khan’s debut. Viewers were left with mixed emotions—shock, curiosity, and even admiration for taking such a risky narrative route.