Ananya Panday was ‘uncomfortable’ doing Vijay Deverakonda’s Liger, reveals dad Chunky: ‘She stated I am too younger for this’ | Bollywood
Feb 06, 2025 08:31 AM IST
Ananya Panday starred alongside Vijay Deverakonda in Puri Jagannadh’s Liger, which was launched in 2022.
Liger, the ill-fated 2022 movie that marked Vijay Deverakonda’s Hindi-language debut, was the feminine lead Ananya Panday’s first mainstream industrial movie. Three years after the movie bombed on the field workplace, Ananya’s father, actor Chunky Panday, revealed that she was ‘uncomfortable’ doing the movie and felt ‘too younger’ to take up the position. (Additionally learn: Ananya Panday reveals she was not okay saying ‘loads of issues’ in Liger)
Chunky Panday on Ananya’s discomfort with Liger
Ananya was 23 when she signed Liger. In an interview with Mashable India, Chunky revealed that she seemed youthful as she had a baby-face. Earlier than Liger, Ananya had appeared in 4 movies – Pupil of the 12 months 2, Pati Patni Aur Woh, Khaali Peeli, and Gehraaiyan. Nevertheless, none of them had been mass entertainers. Chunky recalled that she was apprehensive about choosing Liger. “When she requested me if she ought to do that movie… she was pondering that she was too younger for it. She stated, ‘Papa, I’m too younger to do that.’ I stated you do that; it’s a industrial, an enormous movie however perhaps she was proper. She was too younger to do it,” he stated, including, “She was uncomfortable. She stated perhaps, I’m too younger for this. She was confused then.”
Chunky added that, of late, he stopped giving profession recommendation to Ananya as he had reservations about her doing the Amazon Prime Video collection, Name Me Bae, which finally earned her a Filmfare Award nomination. “From that day on, I by no means put any strain on her. Perhaps I used to be mistaken. I’m old fashioned. I don’t know anything. If she had requested me, ‘Papa, ought to I do Bae?’ I might have stated no,” he stated.
About Liger
Liger was directed by Puri Jagannadh and was shot concurrently in Hindi and Telugu. Other than Vijay and Ananya, the movie additionally starred Ramya Krishnan and Ronit Roy, together with a cameo from Mike Tyson. Made on a price range of ₹125 crore, the movie earned solely ₹60 crore.
Ananya was final seen within the Netflix movie CTRL, which earned her rave opinions and reward. She will likely be subsequent seen in Akshay Kumar-starrer Kesari Chapter 2.
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