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Ananya Panday reveals her parents wanted her to complete college before SOTY | Bollywood

Ananya Panday may prosper in her career now with the box office success of Dream Girl 2 and the rave reviews for her performance in Kho Gaye Hum Kahan, but her parents have always wanted her to complete her education first. In an interview with Galatta Plus, she attributed the same to her father and actor Chunky Panday’s career downfalls and the fact that his parents were doctors. (Also Read: Ananya Panday on catfights between Bollywood actors: ‘Alia Bhatt called me after watching Kho Gaye Hum Kahan’) Ananya Panday made her debut with Student of the Year 2(Photo: Instagram) Ananya on bagging her debut film “Before that (going to college), I had the opportunity to meet Karan (Johar, producer). I auditioned for Student (of the Year, debut film). The film worked out for me. But they (her parents), still at that time, were like, ‘Listen, we think you should go to college. You want to do the film. So later, if things don’t work out later, don’t blame us. Don’t say we made you do …

Turns Out, Sidharth Malhotra And Varun Dhawan Didn’t Want Karan Johar To Cast Alia Bhatt In SOTY

A still from Student Of The Year. (courtesy: YouTube) New Delhi: Beans were spilled on the latest episode of Koffee With Karan – It’s Karan Johar’s couch after all. Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra were the guests and their Student Of The Year co-star Alia Bhatt had sent a recorded message for them. The three stars made their film debut together with KJo’s 2012 film Student Of The Year. However, Varun and Sidharth initially did not want Karan Johar to cast Alia for Shanaya’s role. “I still remember with Alia, the first time that she walked in, how both of you sent me messages saying you can’t cast her. One of you said she is too young,” Karan Johar said during the episode. Karan Johar added that it was after a shoot that he was convinced that Alia is the right fit. “I am saying it started like this but when we shot with her, three months post that for a photo shoot, I remember she stood quiet and didn’t look at either of you. …