Tag: Ananya panday

  • Ananya Panday singles out two actresses as her closest friends

    Ananya Panday singles out two actresses as her closest friends

    Bollywood actress Ananya Panday spoke to The Times Of India about her close friendship with peers Sara Ali Khan and Janhvi Kapoor, sharing that these two were her closest friends. The ‘Dreamy Girl’ actress revealed she liked Sara and Janhvi because the three of them have always looked out for each other.

    “It’s really good to have supportive contemporaries, we all know there’s heavy competition,” Ananya said, adding that she agrees with Sara’s comment about how only fellow actors can understand each other.

    Previously, Ananya had spoken about her childhood friendships with Suhana Khan and Shanaya Kapoor, and opened up about the trio having a collective dream to become actors.

    “You know we all had this collective dream while growing up. We all wanted to be actors. We used to play acting games together, do mimicry,” gushed the actress to Filmfare. “We have so many videos. Like Suhana would be the mother and Shanaya and I would be the daughters. And Suhana would be shouting at us because she was the tiny one. We have hours of footage. We’ve had so many memories and spoken about everything under the sun.”

  • Aditya Roy Kapur says nepotism has nothing to do with his success

    Aditya Roy Kapur says nepotism has nothing to do with his success

    Bollywood actor Aditya Roy Kapur has made a string of successful movies like ‘Aashiqui 2’ and ‘Ye Jawaani Hai Deewani’, but he has been met with plenty of criticism that his career has a lot to do with nepotism.

    The actor, who’s eldest brother Siddharth is the CEO of UTV Motion Pictures and other brother Kunaal is an actor, comes from a family of Bollywood royalty, dating back to his grandfather who was a film producer in the 1940s.

    Speaking to Filmfare to finally address the issue, ‘The Night Manager’ actor said his career wasn’t influenced by his brothers, who did not help him in getting movies as he began his acting journey.

    “I think people know that I have kind of made my way into the industry. I started with supporting roles in films my brothers weren’t involved with.”

    Kapur, who has gone public with his relationship with Ananya Panday, also pointed out that his career progress has been incredibly public, with people noticing how slowly he went from supporting roles to getting leading roles in films:

    “My journey has been a public one. People saw my career develop slowly. By the time I did my first leading role, I had already done three supporting parts. So I think that journey is clear for people to see.”

    The issue of nepotism within the Bollywood industry has been a much discussed topic, with several actors like Karan Johar, Alia Bhatt, Ranbir Kapoor being subjected to intense scrutiny for the arguments they made in favor of nepotism.

    Johar, who had been publicly called ‘the flag bearer of nepotism’ by Kangana Ranaut on ‘Koffee With Karan’ said in an interview with Man’s World India:

    “I never said I was running an NGO. I’m running a bona fide commercial entity. I’m very excited to introduce new talents. Some will be from the fraternity, some will not. I’m done with being apologetic about it”