Ananya Panday Says She Didn’t Judge Vijay Deverakonda For Doing Arjun Reddy; ‘As Actors, We Are Not…’

Ananya
Panday
recently
expressed
her
displeasure
about
the
way

Arjun
Reddy
represented
a
romantic
relationship
when
she
graced
one
of
the
episodes
of
Karan
Johar’s
popular
chat
show
Koffee
With
Karan
7
along
with
her

Liger
co-star
Vijay
Deverakonda.

The
actress
said
she
liked
the
songs
in
the
film
but
she
wouldn’t
be
okay
with
a
relationship
like
the
one
portrayed
in
the
film,
either
for
herself
or
for
her
friends.
Netizens
lauded
Ananya
for
calling
out
the
misogyny
in
the
film
and
called
her
take
to
be
refreshingly
‘mature.’

In
a
recent
group
interaction
with
the
media,
the

Pati
Patni
Aur
Woh
actress
was
asked
if
there
was
any
inhibition
when
she
met
Vijay
Deverakonda,
who
played
the
male
lead
in
Arjun
Reddy
and
still
stands
by
his
film.

According
to
a
report
in
Indian
Express,
Ananya
said,
“I
don’t
think
I
judged
him
for
that.
I
didn’t
know
him.
As
actors,
we
are
not
what
we
portray
on-screen.”

She
further
added,
“Our
values
and
viewpoints
of
the
world
don’t
have
to
entirely
match
the
characters
we
play
on
screen.
Since
I
met
him,
he
has
been
extremely
kind
and
chivalrous
towards
me.
I
didn’t
see
that
connection
or
had
that
thought
at
all.”

Ananya
praised
Vijay
for
being
very
accepting
of
her
views
on
the
film
and
added
that
her
opinion
on

Arjun
Reddy
never
came
in
the
way
of
their
individual
equation.
She
revealed
that
Vijay
is
that
kind
of
a
person
who
likes
to
have
debate
and
conversation
going
and
that
she
never
felt
that
conflict
in
anyway.

Liger
marks
Ananya
Panday’s
first
collaboration
with
Vijay
Deverakonda.
Directed
by
Puri
Jagannadh,
the
sports
action
flick
also
features
Ramya
Krishnan
in
a
pivotal
role
with
a
cameo
by
boxing
legend
Mike
Tyson.