Ananya Panday trolled for comments on nepotism, Siddhanth Chaturvedi wins hearts for reply

Ananya Panday and Siddhanth Chaturvedi are all set to star in Shakun Batra’s next, also featuring Deepika Padukone. On Wednesday, y were t in news for ir films, but ir comments on nepotism. As duo arrived on a critic’s show, while former got panned, latter was lauded. 

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debutants of this year, also including Tara Sutaria, were part of a roundtable discussion on a chat show. When asked about nepotism, Ananya stated that star kids are often targeted for having all things ‘glamorous’ and having everything y wanted. She n continued that she’s extremely grateful for being daughter of Chunky Panday and that she never wanted to shy away from this fact when she is ‘hated’ for nepotism.

Student of Year 2 star n stated that she was proud about her far, who is still working hard, and about being his daughter. actor n, to highlight how ‘fickle’ industry is and how 'indispensable' people are, gave her own example that her far did t even congratulate her till Student of Year 2 released as it was delayed for a year.  

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She added that she was t going to turn down offers made to her only because her far was an actor. She continued that she tried to ‘overcompensate’ for this, by arriving at an event earlier than scheduled. 

Towards end, to highlight her far’s struggles, she said that Chunky Panday was never invited to Koffee with Karan and that he had t even done a film from host Karan Johar's banner Dharma Productions. 

As she completed, Siddhanth had an impressive point in ‘star kids vs outsiders’ debate. Gully Boy star said that difference between m was that where ir dreams get fulfilled is when struggles of star kids start. 

About Panday's remarks, a netizen wrote, "She tried to explain her privilege // oh my god! someone show this kid what reality is, and also, ask her to go to college, please."

y even shared memes over it, be it her fear over trolls or Siddhanth’s ‘Sher Aaya’ from his character MC Sher’s lines in Gully Boy. 

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