Why Ananya Panday felt uncomfortable shooting Liger with Vijay Deverakonda?

• Chunky Panday opened up about experience of Ananya Panday in Liger.
• She was initially hesitant to take on the role.
• She thought she was too young for it.

Actor Chunky Panday recently opened up about his daughter Ananya Panday’s experience working on Liger, revealing that she was initially hesitant to take on the role. The 2022 film, which marked Vijay Deverakonda’s Bollywood debut, was Ananya’s first mainstream commercial film. However, according to her father, she felt “too young” for the project.

“When she asked me if she should do this film… she was thinking that she was too young for it. She said, ‘Papa, I am too young to do this.’ I said you do this; it’s a commercial, a big film but maybe she was right. She was too young to do it,” Chunky shared in an interview with Mashable India. He further added, “She was uncomfortable. She said maybe, I am too young for this. She was confused then.”

Following Liger’s failure at the box office, Chunky stopped advising Ananya on her career choices, especially after she took on Call Me Bae, which later earned her a Filmfare Award nomination. “From that day on, I never put any pressure on her. Maybe I was wrong. I am old school. I don’t know anything else,” he admitted.

Ananya was last seen in Netflix’s CTRL, earning critical acclaim. She will next star in Kesari Chapter 2 alongside Akshay Kumar.

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