YRF will build Aneet Padda as a theatrical heroine, her next release Nyaya, directed by Nitya Mehra, is a streaming project that shot before Aneet signed Saiyaara!
This morning, internet went abuzz with reports saying that Gen Z sensation of the year, Saiyaara’s Aneet Padda’s next is a streaming project directed by Nitya Mehra and her husband Karan Kapadia. When checked, industry sources have revealed that this project in question, titled Nyaya, was shot before Aneet signed Saiyaara and that her she would be built as a theatrical heroine post Saiyaara’s historic success.
“Aneet is a big screen heroine for YRF. Nyaya was shot before she signed Saiyaara and it has no bearing on her career trajectory as a theatrical heroine going forward. A girl who is delivering probably a 400 crore hit in theatres, is a true Gen Z star at the age of just 22, will be preserved for theatricals. There are huge plans to make her the face of a generation and that can be achieved only by consolidating her theatrical equity,” informed a trade source.
Despite the arrival of The Fantastic Four: First Steps and Mahavatar Narsimha, Ahaan Panday & Aneet Padda’s starrer Saiyaara continues to dominate at the global box office.
While romantic drama is set to enter the Rs 250 crore club today in India, it has crossed the Rs 300 crore globally and emerged as the 2nd highest Hindi grosser of the year after Vicky Kaushal’s \_Chhaava\_, beating Mohanlal-Prithviraj Sukumaran’s \_L2: Empuraan\_, Aamir Khan starrer Sitaare Zameen Par & Venkatesh’s Sankranthiki Vasthunam.
With the arrival of Ajay Devgn-Mrunal Thakur starrer Son of Sardaar 2 & Siddhant Chaturvedi-Triptii Dimri’s Dhadak 2 on the coming Friday, it will be interesting to see how Saiyaara performs at the box office.