Ananya Panday Excited To Have Joined Forces With Deepika Padukone

Newcomer Ananya Panday is on a roll! After impressing everyone with her debut performance in Student of the Year 2 earlier this year, she received a number of offers from Bollywood. Her second release Pati Patni Aur Woh (2019), which entered theatre a couple of weeks ago, also performed well at the box-office. The success of Pati Patni Aur Woh, also featuring Kartik Aaryan and Bhumi Pednekar, has proved it again that Ananya Panday has got everything that it takes to make in big in the showbiz.

The actress is currently busy shooting for her third film Khaali Peeli wherein she is paired opposite Dhadak (2018) actor Ishaan Khatter. Last week, her mentor Karan Johar signed her for yet another Dharma Productions’ film. The yet to be titled project features Ananya Panday alongside Deepika Padukone and Siddhant Chaturvedi. The film will be directed by Shakun Batra who has to his credit such successful movies as Ek Main Aur Ek Tu (2012) and Kapoor & Sons (2016). It will be a relationship drama where the three lead characters find themselves in a tricky situation.

Speaking on the opportunity to work with none other than Deepika Padukone so early in her career, Ananya Panday said that it is like a dream come true for her and she can finally tick off working with the Padmaavat (2018) actress from her bucket list. The actress has also seen the work of Siddhant Chaturvedi in the Zoya Akhtar-directed Gully Boy (2019) and is looking forward to working with him as well.

Ananya Panday is also excited about reuniting with Dharma Productions so soon after Student of the Year 2. She said that she could not stop thanking Karan Johar for the opportunity. Set to mount the shooting floor early next year, the untitled project is scheduled to arrive in cinemas on February 12, 2021. Ananya Panday is also rumoured to be doing a film with director Rahul Dholakia wherein Saif Ali Khan and Siddhant Chaturvedi play the male leads. An official confirmation is awaited though.