Ananya Panday reveals she laughed with Siddhant Chaturvedi after her response about 'struggles' blew up to be a meme fest

Ananya Panday and Siddhant Chaturvedi might soon be seen together on the big screen but not long ago they were on opposite ends of the spectrum when an interview they were both a part of blew up as a meme fest on social media. Ananya was mercilessly trolled for equating struggles in the industry with being on Koffee With Karan during Rajeev Masand’s roundtable featuring young stars of Bollywood. It was Siddhant’s sharp retort at her answer that led to a huge meme fest on social media where the actor was praised for calling out privilege.

The actress has now addressed how her equation is with the Gully Boy star after the whole incident and Ananya revealed that the duo actually had a hearty laugh about the whole matter.  A guest on Social Media Star hosted by Janice Sequeira she said addressing the controversy, “I think that Sid and I were kind of saying the same thing. Sometimes, in interviews, as you can see, I'm very overwhelmed. If I had to go back, I would probably change the way I said something."

Asked if the whole meme fest strained her equation with Siddhant, the actress responded, "We were laughing about it later. Sid and I are really close. We have no weird thing about this. People made it something bigger and it became meme-worthy. Genuinely my intention wasn't like what came across."

On Rajeev’s roundtable Ananya while talking about her struggles despite being a star kid had said, "I have always wanted to be an actor. Just because my dad has been an actor, I will never say no to an opportunity to act. My dad has never been in a Dharma film, he never went on Koffee with Karan. So it's not as easy as people say. Everyone has their own journey and their own struggle."

Siddhant was hailed when he responded to Ananya’s ideas about struggle by saying, "The difference is jahaan humare sapne poore hote hain, wahi inka struggle shuru hota hai (their struggle begins where our dreams are fulfilled)."

Ananya and Siddhant along with Deepika Padukone recently wrapped up shoot for filmmaker Shakun Batra’s yet untitled next.