When filmmaker Shakun Batra approached Ananya Panday, solely two movies outdated then, for Gehraiyaan, the actor was stunned. “When he known as me, I stated, ‘I’ll do something.’ I simply needed to work with Shakun,” she recollects. However, her preliminary pleasure was doubts when she learn the script of the noir relationship drama. “I used to be not anticipating it to be such a posh movie. But as soon as I lived with it for a while, I felt that I needed to do it,” she recounts.
Gehraiyaan, additionally starring Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi and Dhairya Karwa, research infidelity and betrayal via two modern-day {couples}. Panday walked the high quality line between naiveté and maturity as she portrayed Tia, whose fiancé cheats on her along with her cousin. Her efficiency has earned her a spot within the Best Supporting Actor: Film class on the mid-day and Radio City Hitlist OTT Awards. “The character is a little bit older than I’m in actual life. Also, she was going via one thing that I’ve by no means personally skilled. I used to be nervous about how I might make it plausible, and have a way of maturity whereas enjoying it,” says the actor, who then discovered an in a position information in her director.
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Batra held a number of workshops with the actors earlier than taking pictures the movie. “We had plenty of conversations, did many workshops and readings. So, by the point I reached the set, I felt ready. Shakun helped me break free from the [stereotypical notions] of performing, and faucet into one thing inside. He has made me way more impartial as an actor.”
Cast your vote for the Hitlist OTT Awards
Ananya Panday has been nominated within the Best Supporting Actor (Female): Film class for Gehraiyaan. The different nominees are:
>> Bhumi Pednekar (Govinda Naam Mera)
>> Juhi Chawla (Sharmaji Namkeen)
>> Radhika Apte (Monica O My Darling)
>> Shefali Shah (Darlings)
>> Swastika Mukherjee (Qala)
There are 16 classes that the general public can vote in. Log on to www.radiocity.in/hitlistott to forged your vote.
Voting traces shut on February 22.
More about Gehraiyaan
It is Shakun Batra’s third film after Ek Main Aur Ekk Tu, and Kapoor & Sons.
Source: www.mid-day.com
