Actress Ananya Pandey’s debut TV show is set to release soon
With no theatrical film release in 2024, Bollywood actress Ananya Pandey is soon going to have two big digital releases on Amazon Prime and Netflix. The actress recently announced her debut TV show/series for Amazon Prime. The show is titled ‘Call Me Bae’.
Call Me Bae stars an ensemble cast of Ananya Pandey, Vir Das, Varun Sood, Gurfateh Pirzada, Lisa Mishra, Mini Mathur, and Vihaan Samat among others. The principal shooting of the show began in 2023 with an official announcement in early 2024. The comedy-drama series is produced by Karan Johar’s Dharmatic Entertainment and directed by Colin D’Cunha with Apoorva Mehta acting as the executive producer. The show is written by Ishita Mohitra, Rohit Nair, and Samina Motlekar.
The TV Show is set to premiere on 6 September 2024. The trailer of Call Me Bae received mixed reviews. The show features Ananya Pandey as a girl from the rich neighborhood of South Delhi who arrives in Mumbai for a job at a news channel. The show will be premiered in 150+ countries in English, Hindi, Telugu, Kannada, Malayalam and Tamil languages. A second season of Call Me Bae is planned which will premiere after 2026.
Here’s the trailer of Call Me Bae
Ananya Pandey’s second release of 2024 is a Hindi thriller film directed by noted filmmaker Vikramaditya Motwane. The film is titled ‘CTRL’ and is scheduled to release on 4 October 2024 on Netflix. The crime thriller film also stars Vihaan Samat. The show is written by Vikramaditya Motwane, Avinash Sampath, and Sumukhi Suresh. The show is produced by Nikhil Dwivedi and Arya Menon. Vikramaditya Motwane previously directed the award-winning and widespread critically acclaimed show ‘Sacred Games’ for Netflix. He has directed and produced several critically acclaimed films and shows.
Ananya Pandey is one of the most stunning young actresses in Bollywood. She has subsequently ranked in the Times’ 50 most desirable women. However, her acting skills are constantly criticized. She is often trolled online for nepotism and her deliberation on talk shows, reality shows, and interviews with the media. Unlike Sara Ali Khan and Jhanvi Kapoor, Ananya Pandey has frequently drawn negative attention.
Ananya’s mentor and ace filmmaker Karan Johar has often been criticized for launching and promoting star kids rather than giving a chance to newcomers from outside of the film industry. He has largely launched star kids from famous film families of Bollywood and Ananya Pandey is one of them. Ananya is the daughter of popular Bollywood actor Chunky Pandey and popular designer Bhavana Pandey.
Karan Johar launched Ananya Pandey in the 2019 Hindi film Student of the Year 2. The film starred Tiger Shroff, Ananya Pandey, Tara Sutaria and Adiya Seal. Student of the Year 2 is a sequel to Karan Johar’s 2012 directional Student of the Year 1 which received positive reviews and was a commercial success. Director Punit Malhotra directed Student of the Year 2 with Karan Johar acting as producer. Unlike the first part, Student of the Year 2 generally received negative reviews but was a profitable venture for its makers. However, Ananya won the Best Female Debut award at the 65th Filmfare Awards.
Ananya Pandey has not had an impressive film career so far. She has starred in two commercial-hit Hindi films, Pati Patni Aur Woh and Dream Girl 2.
Released in 2019, Pati Patni Aur Woh starred actors Kartik Aaryan, Bhumi Pednekar, and Ananya Pandey in lead roles. The rom-com film generally received positive reviews due to Kartik Aaryan and Bhumi Pednekar’s impressive performance. Pati Patni Aur Woh was a commercial success only because of Kartik’s stardom in India which is rising strikingly. The film was directed by Mudassar Aziz and produced by Bhushan Kumar’s T-Series.
Ananya Pandey’s next hit film came opposite Ayushmann Khurrana in Dream Girl 2. Dream Girl 2 is a sequel to the 2019 blockbuster film Dream Girl. Released in 2019, Dream Girl received positive reviews and was one of the best Hindi comedy films of 2019. The film starred Ayushmann Khurrana who gets a job at a call center due to his grasp of impersonating female voice. But in Dream Girl 2 (2023), Ayushmann Khurrana dresses as a female instead of impersonating the female voices. Dream Girl 2 was a big commercial success due to its first part and the performance of Ayushmann Khurrana. The film also starred Ananya Pandey as the female lead.
Ananya Pandey’s fourth and last theatrical release was ‘Liger’ which came in 2022. The film was directed by Puri Jagannadh and produced by Karan Johar and Charmme Kaur. The film starred Vijay Deverkonda and Ananya Pandey in the lead. The film also had a special appearance by famous American boxer and actor Mike Tyson. Made on a budget of 125 crores, Liger released on 25 August 2022 to negative reviews becoming a major box office disaster and a commercial failure.
After Liger, Ananya Pandey starred in Shakun Batra’s directed film titled ‘Gehraiyaan’. The film starred Deepika Padukone, Ananya Pandey, Siddhanth Chaturvedi, and Dhairya Karwa. The film was released on 11 February 2022 on Amazon Prime. Gehraiyaan was initially planned to be released in theatres but makers dropped the idea due to the pandemic. Gehraiyaan received mixed to negative reviews with critics criticizing its screenplay, storyline, and climax. But, it was one of the most-watched films on Prime Video.
In 2023, Ananya Pandey starred film Kho Gaye Hum Kahan which was released on Netflix. The film starred Siddhanth Chaturvedi, Ananya Pandey, and Adarsh Gaurav. The film was written by Zoya Akhtar and was directed by Arjun Varain Singh. The film received positive reviews.
Ananya Pandey’s next theatrical release is a periodic action-drama film with Akshay Kumar. The film is titled Shankara and it is produced by Karan Johar. She will also reprise her role in Pati Patni Aur Woh 2 alongside Kartik Aaryan, and Dream Girl 3 alongside Ayushmann Khurrana. The actress was last seen in a special appearance in Vicky Kaushal, Tripti Dimri, and Amy Virk’s 2024 release ‘Bad News’. She will also feature in an untitled romantic thriller film opposite Siddhanth Chaturvedi.
Recently, the actress launched an initiative called So Positive to create awareness about social media trolling and bullying.