Ahaan Panday Opens Up On His Late Debut, Was 'Wronged' By Some People, 'I Was Entirely Delusional'

Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda amassed immense popularity after their debut with Yash Raj Film's Saiyaara. Though both of them are newcomers, Ahaan isn't a stranger to Bollywood. He is the nephew of Chunky Panday and hence, cousin of Ananya Panday. As an insider, Ahaan knew his way around a film set, yet he made his Bollywood debut after a long while. For the first time ever, the Saiyaara star has opened up about his delayed debut. 

Ahaan Panday said he was 'wronged' by some people while talking about his late debut 

While most starkids make their debuts as early as their teens, Ahaan Panday starred in his first Bollywood main lead role at the age of 27 in Saiyaara. However, as per reports, the actor was all set to make his debut much earlier with another Yash Raj Films production, but the project did not materialise. In his first interview after the release of his blockbuster first film, Saiyaara, Ahaan opened up to The Hollywood Reporter about how he felt after his initial debut was delayed. The actor shared:

“Have I felt wronged by people? Yes, I have. It wouldn’t be right for me to get personal about that though, but as an actor that’s where you take inspiration from. I would take a small moment and enlarge that for the character. I just kept putting myself into different things. There was that blind optimism, the first four-five years, where I was entirely delusional, and I think people around me could sense it."

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Ahaan Panday's confidence was 'shattered' 

In the same interview, Ahaan revealed that he still tried to trust the ultimate process, despite the fact that things weren't panning out the way he wanted them to. However, during this uncertain time, he also lost his grandmother, whom the actor called his 'backbone'. Ahaan's confidence was shattered during this time of grief. The only way he dealt with the circumstances was by continuing to work. Ahaan worked on the sets of The Railway Man as an Assisstant Director. Since he got the opportunity to be on a set, which is a feat for many people, the actor wasn't bitter about how things had turned out. In the interview, Ahaan was quoted as saying:

“I would have to tell myself to keep the faith because things weren’t going the way I wanted them to. Something happened in my personal life that left me shattered. A person very important to me passed away, and she was my backbone; the only person that would call me a hero every day in my home and always meant it. And I think once she passed away that confidence started to shatter; the only way to deal with that was to just keep working, and that’s what I did. "

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Ahaan Panday was reportedly supposed to make his debut along with Ajay Devgn 

According to a Reddit post, Ahaan Panday was supposed to make his debut in a YRF superhero film starring Ajay Devgn. In an interview with Komal Nahta, Mohit Suri also said that the actor was to be seen in a larger-than-life YRF film, but the director did not indicate whether Ajay was a part of it or not. Mohit revealed that the project was cancelled because the pandemic hit and 'the industry changed'. Given the backlash and nepotism debate that Bollywood was embroiled in during the time, Ajay Devgn reportedly backed down from the project, as per the Reddit post. Hence, what could have been Ahaan's first film was indefinitely shelved. 

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