Ananya Panday, who is currently promoting her upcoming film ‘Gehraiyaan’, says she has felt everything her character Tia has felt in the movie, but “very superficially”. In the movie, Tia is engaged to Zain, played by Siddhant Chaturvedi, but he begins an affair with her cousin Alisha, played by Deepika Padukone.
In an interview, Ananya said she has not been through heartbreak as intensely as Tia. She said, “I am really young and I have been through heartbreak but obviously not… Like in school, when people cheat and you slap them, it’s very dramatic that way. All that has happened but it’s obviously not as serious. The emotions and stakes are obviously not as high as what Tia is going through.”
She added, “I think I have felt everything she has felt but very superficially so for this film, I kind of had to go in much deeper and face some uncomfortable truths. But they weren’t things that I actually dealt with to that extent.”
Directed by Shakun Batra, ‘Gehraiyaan’ explores the complexity of modern relationships. In an earlier interview, she called Batra a “dream director” and called working for him “surreal”.
Produced by Dharma Productions, Viacom18 Studios and Jouska Films, ‘Gehraiyaan’ is set to release on Amazon Prime Video on February 11.
