Ananya Panday credits this person for choosing Vikramaditya Motwane’s CTRL; Recalls the moment she said yes to the film: ‘I was on cloud nine’

Within her five-year career in Hindi cinema, Ananya Panday has now carved a niche for herself in the industry. Her latest choice of projects, witty interviews and how she remains vocal on social issues says it all. The young star recently credited his mother Bhavana Pandey for choosing Vikramaditya Motwane’s CTRL. Ananya recalled that she felt very happy when the actress agreed to do the film.

In a new interview with Hindustan Times, Ananya Panday revealed about her desire to work with Vikramaditya Motwane even before her career took off in 2019. Ananya shared that this happened when her mother, The Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives star Bhavana Pandey was crazy about Motwane. 2010 film, Udaan.

Recalling what Bhavana had told her about the flight, the CTRL star said that whenever The Fabulous Lives… actress watches it, she cries “without fail”. The young star said, despite knowing the climax, Bhavana gets emotional every time.

“That’s why when he offered me the film, I was overjoyed and very excited to work with him. “I am very happy that one of his films is also a part of my filmography,” said the CTRL actress.

Ananya Panday made her debut in 2019 with Student of the Year 2, directed by Karan Johar. Ananya was cast in SOTY 2 alongside Tiger Shroff and then newcomer Tara Sutaria. It was the sequel to Student of the Year (2010), which starred Alia Bhatt. , starring Varun Dhawan and Sidharth Malhotra in the lead roles.

Vikramaditya Motwane started his career as an assistant to Sanjay Leela Bhansali in films like Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam and Devdas. Vikramaditya made his first film Udaan in 2010 starring Rajat Barmecha, Ronit Roy and Ram Kapoor.

The filmmaker has also directed films like Lootera, Trapped, Bhavesh Joshi: Superhero and AK vs AK. As a producer, he has worked on films like Hasee Toh Phasee, Queen, NH10, Udta Punjab, Raman Raghav 2.0, Manmarziyaan and others.

Ananya Panday’s CTRL premieres on Netflix on October 4, 2024. It also stars Mismatched fame Vihaan Samat. In the cyber-thriller film, Ananya plays the role of Nalini Awasthi aka Nela and Vihaan has been cast as her boyfriend, Joe Mascarenhas.