Netizens not forgetting Ananya Panday’s ‘struggle’ remark as she teams up with Devarakonda

Actor Ananya Panday has boarded cast of director Puri Jagannadh's pan-India feature, also starring Vijay Devarakonda, makers anunced on Thursday. Tentatively titled "Fighter", film is being simultaneously shot in Telugu and Hindi.

"Couldn't be more excited to join a pan-India film. Thank you @purijagan, for this opportunity! Looking forward to a super fun time on set," Panday wrote on Twitter. "Ananya, And we warmly welcome you to Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam industries," tweeted Devarakonda.

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Soon after news went viral, Twitterati didn't hesitate and trolled actress using her infamous 'struggle' dialogue. One user wrote, "Ye tweet karne ke liye kitna "struggle" karna pda tumhe...", while or said, "looks like some on going to struggle more in upcoming days :p" [sic] Some even took a dig at Ananya's Filmfare win for best debut in Student of Year 2. A user wrote: "Didi film flop hoga... But filmfare aapko hi milega.. Kyuki aap Struggle achha Krti ho" [sic]

For those unaware, Ananya Panday, during an interaction with a film critic, spoke about 'struggle and nepotism' and said, "I have always wanted to be an actor. Just because my dad has been an actor, I will never say to an opportunity to act. My dad has never been in a Dharma film, he never went on 'Koffee With Karan'. So, it's t as easy as people say. Everyone has ir own journey and ir own struggle," she said.

To this, Siddhant Chaturvedi instantly replied saying: "Jahaan humaare sapne poore hote hai, waha inke struggle shuru hote hai."

Meanwhile, In an interview with PTI, "Arjun Reddy" star recently confirmed that he will dub his own lines for Hindi version, which will be presented by Dharma Productions' Karan Johar and Apoorva Mehta. film will also be dubbed in or south Indian langus.

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project marks first collaboration between Deverakonda and Jagannadh, who is best kwn for films such as Mahesh Babu-starrer "Pokkiri" and Amitabh Bachchan-fronted "Bbudadh... Hoga Terra Baap".

(With PTI inputs)