So are the other performances, drawn with a fine, sardonic-yet-sympathetic eye. The be-ringed, jowly director (Rishi), his trophy wife (Juhi), the hangers on (Aly, Sheeba); the talent-less but ‘bade star ki beti’ (Isha, very good), her mom, the super-ambitious yesteryear diva (Dimple, terrific), the script/dialoguewriter who has to include the foibles of his paymasters when he writes (Anurag Kashyap in a stand-out cameo; he should seriously start thinking of acting).

Enjoy also the walk-on parts of real A-listers. Everyone’s here — Shah Rukh, Aamir, Kareena, Rani, Akshaye. And Hrithik’s large-ish special appearance, as Zafar Khan the star who dumps his producer to sign with another, more happening one, without a qualm, threatens to run away with the movie.

Despite the occasional lapse into the sort of indulgence a first-time director displays, and the indeterminate end, there’s enough in the film to keep you going. Now that Zoya’s got Her First Movie out of her system, it’ll be fun looking out for her second.