{"id":416739,"date":"2026-04-25T10:42:13","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T10:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/416739\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T10:42:13","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T10:42:13","slug":"ahaan-panday-on-why-he-took-aneet-padda-to-places-of-worship-before-saiyaara-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/416739\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahaan Panday on why he took Aneet Padda to places of worship before Saiyaara release"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Ahaan Panday opened up about his bond with his Saiyaara co-star Aneet Padda and said he had taken her to different places of worship before the release of their super-hit romantic drama. He also admitted that the visits were not meant to pray for a hit.<\/p>\n<p>Ahaan, while speaking to Filmfare, said that, as newcomers, he and Aneet did not expect people to turn up for the film. He recalled that they only <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/movies\/bollywood\/story\/mohit-suri-saiyaara-gen-z-love-story-mental-health-romance-ahaan-panday-aneet-padda-2761355-2025-07-25\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">hoped Saiyaara would recover its cost<\/a> so that they could continue getting work and keep doing what they loved.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about their time on set, Ahaan said he and Aneet had fun making the film despite its grim story. He also praised her and said he would call her a \u2018senior\u2019 because she seemed to know what she was doing.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I remember taking her to different places of worship, just praying, not for a hit but simply that the film would recover its cost so we could keep getting work and continue doing what we love,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>Ahaan also recalled how he and Aneet reacted when audiences began turning up in large numbers to watch <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/topic\/saiyaara\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Saiyaara<\/a>. He said someone from the direction team sent them a video on the morning of the release showing people waiting outside a theatre, and he found it hard to believe.<\/p>\n<p>While speaking about the moment, Ahaan said, &#8220;Then on the morning of the release, someone from the direction team sent us a video of people waiting outside a theatre. I couldn\u2019t believe it. I said, &#8216;This can\u2019t be for our film&#8217;.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Bro, it is. I called Aneet, I called Mohit sir, asking, &#8216;Is this real?&#8217; And he said, &#8216;Yeah, it\u2019s happening. People are actually watching the film&#8217;. After that, it was just two months of pure shock,&#8221; the actor added.<\/p>\n<p>Saiyaara theatrically released on July 18, 2026. The film <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiatoday.in\/movies\/bollywood\/story\/mohit-suris-saiyaara-holds-strong-with-rs-581-crore-collection-amid-big-releases-2780626-2025-09-02\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">reportedly earned Rs 581 crore worldwide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211; Ends<\/p>\n<p>Published By: <\/p>\n<p>Anurag Bohra<\/p>\n<p>Published On: <\/p>\n<p>Apr 25, 2026 08:43 IST<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor Ahaan Panday opened up about his bond with his Saiyaara co-star Aneet Padda and said he had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":416740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[719,182717,720,182719,93,61,60,270,182720,182718,182721,20937,723],"class_list":["post-416739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-ahaan-panday","tag-ahaan-panday-interview","tag-aneet-padda","tag-box-office-response","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-movies","tag-newcomer-actors","tag-places-of-worship","tag-release-day-reaction","tag-romantic-drama","tag-saiyaara"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416739","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=416739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/416739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/416740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=416739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=416739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=416739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}