Image was shared on Instagram. (courtesy: ananyapanday)

Remember when Jackie Shroff texted Ananya Panday “Bhidu” after which by no means responded to her? Recently, the actor opened up about why he did so. In a chat with Humans of Bombay, Jackie Shroff stated, “It was just to let her know that I am always there. Mere dost ka baccha hai [She is my friend’s kid]. All these kids are my friends. Their fathers aren’t my friends. They were at one time.” Jackie Shroff added, “These kids, they all go to parties. Even I party. Their fathers don’t party. I like all kinds of music, I like to dance sometimes on my own. I do my thing, so this is where I find my little buddies. Jitne bhi bhidu hai mere, they don’t think that some relic is coming, some dinosaur is coming. They accept me. Because I am on their level. My childhood hasn’t gone. Mera bachpana nahi gaya hai.” 

ICYMI, in the course of the promotions of her newest movie Kho Gaye Hum Kahan, Ananya Panday and her co-stars Siddharth Chaturvedi and Adarsh Gourav appeared on a podcast hosted by Rohan Joshi and Tanmay Bhat. In the podcast posted on the official YouTube web page of Netflix India, Ananya talked about, “Can I tell what happened with me about Jackie sir? He just randomly texted me saying ‘Bhidu’. I asked him, ‘Yes sir?’ and he didn’t reply. Then I met him a few days later at a screening or some event. I said, ‘Sir, you just sent me Bhidu and you didn’t reply, what’s up?’. He said, ‘I just wanted to tell you ki main hoon‘.”

Ananya Panday is a giant fan of Jackie Shroff. Don’t consider us? A number of years in the past, Anaya Panday introduced it herself whereas wishing the veteran actor a Happy Birthday. In her Instagram submit, Ananya uploaded an image of Jackie Shroff, who’s seen holding little Ananya in his arms. In her heartfelt want, Ananya wrote, “Happy birthday to the coolest there is and ever will be! #MajorFanGirl. Clearly, I’ve been loving the Shroffs since 1998 (Tiger Shroff, are you listening?)”

On the work entrance, Ananya Panday might be subsequent seen in Control and The Untold Story of C Sankaran Nair. Meanwhile, Jackie Shroff was final seen in Mast Mein Rehne Ka alongside Neena Gupta and Monika Panwar.