Shakun Batra's directorial Gehraiyaan starring Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi, Ananya Panday and Dhairya Karwa has received mixed reviews from the critics and audience alike. For some people, the movie was highly relatable because of its emotional complexities in relationships and infidelity, for some the cords just didn't connect. But one scene that has made netizens talk about is the one where Siddhant's character Zain tells Ananya's character Tia that she treated him like an outsider. His dialogue has reminded people of Siddhant's hard-hitting reply to Ananya on nepotism debate during the 2019 newcomers roundtable.
In 2019, during the panel, Ananya had shared her definition of struggle and take on nepotism, saying, "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." At that moment, Siddhant gave a reply, "Jahaan humaare sapne poore hote hai, waha inke struggle shuru hote hai" which went viral on social media. Last year, Ananya had addressed the incident saying that she didn't intend to come across the way she did during the interview. She added that 'If I had to go back, I would probably change the way I said something.' Siddhant too had earlier said that the nepotism jibe with Ananya wasn't meant to be taken like that. 'If you actually think about that line, it only implies the start point and end point of the struggle. I guess, internet made a thing out of it,' he had said. Opening up about playing an intense character like Zain in Gehraiyaan, Siddhant recently shared, "This is an extremely special film for me, that gave me a chance to live this messy but beautiful life of Zain. Building Zain was an experience in itself. It has truly been a journey of knowing and understanding him and getting into his skin, and will always remain a part of me." With Gehraiyaan now released, next on the cards for Siddhant is Kho Gaye Hum Kahan, Phone Booth as well as Yudhra. Ananya, on the other hand, has Liger which launches Telugu star Vijay Deverakonda into Bollywood.
