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, they were not in the news for their films, but their comments on nepotism. As the duo arrived on a critic’s show, while the former got panned, the latter was lauded. 

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The 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 they wanted. She then continued that she’s extremely grateful for being the daughter of Chunky Panday and that she never wanted to shy away from this fact when she is ‘hated’ for nepotism.

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

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

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

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

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

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