Ananya Panday Calls Herself A 'Dharma Kid'; Lauds Konkona For Playing Non-Glam Women
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Ananya Panday named Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham as the films that impacted her while growing up.
Ananya Panday recently opened up about the films that had an impact on her growing up. Speaking to Lilly Singh, Ananya Panday called herself a Dharma fan and named Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham as the films that stayed with her growing up. She also acknowledged how films like Luck By Chance, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na and Wake Up Sid portrayed 'real' women on screen.
Ananya said, 'I mean, I'm such a Dharma kid, so I'm only thinking about Kuch Kuch Hota Hai and Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham… In the early 2000s, when I was four or five, these films had started coming up where women were shown to be more real."
'There was Luck By Chance, Konkana's character in that. Konkana's Wake Up Sid. She was just a real girl. She wasn't glamoured up, and she didn't say the right things. She didn't do the right things, she didn't get the boy right in the start of the film. She wasn't a beauty queen, she was just a normal girl," Ananya added.
In the same interview, Ananya also opened up about the constant criticism that actors have to face in Bollywood. 'Now that I'm growing up and naturally, my body is filling out, they were like, 'Oh, there's no way. She's got her butt done. She's got this done.' You can never win. It's constant… anything you do. No matter what shape you are, no matter what size you are. People will constantly have something to say and criticise… especially with women. I don't feel like they do that to men at all," Ananya added.
Meanwhile, fans are excited to learn that her show, Call Me Bae, will start filming its sequel this year. As viewers eagerly await fresh updates on the sequel, Lisa Mishra, who played a pivotal role in the show, recently sat down for a chat with Bollywood Hungama to spill the beans on Call Me Bae 2. The singer-actress, in a big update, revealed that the shooting would begin this year, adding that she and the entire team are excited to return to the sets of the most-awaited series.
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