Recently, Ananya Panday appeared with Siddhant Chaturvedi and Adarsh Gourav in Kho Gaye Hum Kahan. Under the direction of Arjun Varain Singh, the movie centres on the lives of three friends and the realities of social media. The star cast travelled to several locations for promotional interviews following the film’s release. Nonetheless, a little video of her discussing anxiety and lighting a cigarette has appeared online. She was recently subjected to trolls after she said, “My hands would shake lighting a cigarette’. Netizens resurface her old smoking video. Social media users have revived an old video of her smoking during her cousin Alanna Panday’s wedding event in an attempt to call her out.
For those who don’t know, Ananya faced backlash last year after it was discovered that she was smoking during her cousin’s mehendi ceremony in Mumbai. Her claim that her hands shook while lighting a cigarette during the ‘Kho Gaye Hum Kahan’ filming has now prompted online critics to criticize her hypocrisy.
Ananya’s statement on filming the smoking scene
In the video, Ananya Panday is heard saying, “It was as simple as lighting a cigarette, and I couldn’t do it like my hands would shake and Arjun (director) would yell at me and he’s like ‘you just have to light it.’ But I am like, “I can’t do it”. Cut short, the clip then moves to a leaked video of her smoking at cousin Alanna Panday’s mehendi ceremony last year. The caption reads, “Ananya Pandey Lies about not being able to light a cigarette.”
Netizens react
Netizens trolled Ananya Panday for her double standards. Commenting on the video a user wrote, “bruh she must also know how to roll a perfect blunt,” while another said, “Frankly, the way she is holding it,it does look like someone gave her the light lol.” A third user wrote, “I’m more amused by the kinda shit they plant about themselves. Such useless things they peddle about themselves, and they somehow think those things would make them come across as cool and relatable.” “This sub is every Bollywood celeb’s worst nightmare, yaha bhaisaab saare jhoot pakde jaate hai,” read another comment. Another one said,” “Why does she bring up that particular example of lighting a cigarette when she very well knows her video went public and was taken down. Like why would you highlight something that you want ppl to forget, celeb life is confusing.”
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan was released on Netflix a few days ago and has got good reviews. Ananya’s acting is being praised and the realistic bent of the film is also being talked about a lot as it calls out the fake world of social media. In regards to her career, Ananya Panday’s upcoming film is “Call Me Bae.” She also has upcoming roles opposite Akshay Kumar in Vikramaditya Motwane and Shankara.
By: Gursharan Kaur