Chunky Panday's daughter Ananya Panday made her much-awaited debut in Punit Malhotra's Student of the Year 2, backed by Karan Johar's Dharma Productions. She will next be seen in Pati Patni Aur Woh in which she stars alongside Kartik Aaryan and Bhumi Pednekar. Not just that, she has also signed Khaali Peeli wherein she will be seen opposite Ishaan Khatter. Directed by Maqbool Khan, it marks director Ali Abbas Zafar's debut as a producer.
Now while Ananya speaks highly of KJo always, we hear that the ace filmmaker has started calling her the new Alia Bhatt owing to her growing popularity. In fact, according to a report in a leading daily, it was Karan who was the man behind pursuing Ananya to do Khaali Peeli. Not to forget, Ananya was all praises for Alia in an earlier interview, wherein she had said, "But it’s not as if I am trying to imitate or be like someone in particular. Obviously, Alia is a huge source of inspiration. In fact, what I have learned from Alia is that she never claimed to be perfect from the start. She was raw in her first film [Student of The Year; 2012] and then, she grew from there and people could see that evolution."
Well, looks like Ananya is on the way to acheive her dream as KJo also feels that she's the next big thing!
Her next Pati Patni Aur Woh is releasing on December 6, 2019.
(Source: Mumbai Mirror/Hindustan Times)
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