{"id":103759,"date":"2025-10-25T17:53:08","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T17:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/103759\/"},"modified":"2025-10-25T17:53:08","modified_gmt":"2025-10-25T17:53:08","slug":"aneet-padda-aka-shakti-shalini-gets-a-warm-welcome-into-mhcu-by-thamma-ayushmann-khurrana-punjabi-aa-gaye-oye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/103759\/","title":{"rendered":"Aneet Padda aka Shakti Shalini gets a warm welcome into MHCU by Thamma Ayushmann Khurrana: \u2018Punjabi aa gaye oye\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, three new bright stars joined the beloved Maddock Horror Comedy Universe with Thamma. While Ayushmann Khurrana and Rashmika Mandanna\u2019s vampire romance won hearts, Nawazuddin Siddiqui was exceptional and absolutely hilarious as a Betal. The performances, dialogues and Varun Dhawan\u2019s epic cameo as Bhediya were lauded by all. But a major highlight of Thamma was the official announcement of the next film in the universe \u2014 Shakti Shalini. For the longest time, Shakti Shalini<\/a> was in the news with Kiara Advani as the rumoured lead actor. However, the post credits scene of Thamma confirmed that Saiyaara star Aneet Padda<\/a> will be taking the franchise forward next year.<\/p>\n

\"AyushmannAyushmann Khurrana and Aneet Padda<\/p>\n

Introducing Aneet Padda as Shakti Shalini, makers dropped a message at the end of Thamma, which read, \u201cThe protector. The destroyer. The mother of all. Aneet Padda in Shakti Shalini. Shakti unleashed Dec 24, 2026.\u201d Well, Ayushmann Khurrana has now shared a special message for his fellow Maddock Horror Comedy Universe member Aneet, welcoming her into the universe. On his Instagram story, Ayushmann wrote, \u201cWelcome to the MHCU, @aneetpadda_ \ud83e\udef6 Punjabi aa gaye oye!! From one dreamer to another – keep chasing what you want. Nothing is impossible.. so proud to see someone from Punjab making us all proud.. Can\u2019t wait to see you shine in Shakti Shalini! Onwards and upwards Aneet \u2728.\u201d<\/p>\n

Aneet was quick to respond to this sweet message from Ayushmann. She replied, \u201cKhurrana ji da munda is making waves like always \ud83e\ude77 thank you so much, it’s a little extra special coming from someone I look up to so much. So so grateful for the warm welcome @ayushmannk.\u201d<\/p>\n

After news of Aneet Padda becoming Shakti Shalini took internet by storm, filmmaker and co-creator of the Maddock Horror Comedy Universe, Amar Kaushik told Bollywood Hungama, \u201cWhen we were writing the script, we realized that we needed a younger actor. Meanwhile, we saw her film Saiyaara and realized that she suits the part perfectly for that character. She heard the story and came on board.\u201d<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, Aneet made her Bollywood debut in a leading role with Mohit Suri\u2019s film Saiyaara. The intense romantic drama also marked Ahaan Panday\u2019s first film. We wish Aneet all the best as she gears up to enter the horror comedy universe!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week, three new bright stars joined the beloved Maddock Horror Comedy Universe with Thamma. While Ayushmann Khurrana…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":103760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[64009,44339,64006,64007,64010,64008,321,93,61,60],"class_list":["post-103759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-aneet-padda-ayushmann-khurrana","tag-ayushmann-khurrana","tag-ayushmann-khurrana-aneet-padda","tag-ayushmann-khurrana-aneet-padda-shakti-shalini","tag-ayushmann-khurrana-shakti-shalini","tag-ayushmann-khurrana-thamma","tag-celebrities","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103759","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=103759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}