Amid NCB probe, what happens to Ananya Panday's films which are on floor?

Amid NCB probe, what happens to Ananya Panday's films which are on floor?

File image of Ananya Panday

It is common knowledge in the film industry that Ananya Panday is very close to Karan  Johar. Ananya’s parents Chunky and Bhavna Panday are close friends of  Karan. When they decided that Ananya would be an actress it was Karan they trusted with her career. He launched Ananya with 'Student of The Year 2'  in 2019.

Now Karan has two major films with  Ananya on the floors—Liger, the big action thriller launching Telugu star Vijay Deverakonda into Bollywood, and an untitled film co-starring Deepika Padukone and Sidhanth Chaturvedi.

Both the projects have curious  ‘drug connections’.  Liger is directed by Puri Jagannadh. The Telugu director known for many box-office hits was accused of a huge drug scandal in Andhra Pradesh’s film industry in 2017. 62 personalities from the Telugu film industry including Puri and his Liger co-producer Charmee Kaur were grilled by the  Telangana Excise (Enforcement) Department.They were  later given a clean chit.

As for Ananya’s other forthcoming film, the untitled venture directed by Shakun Batra and produced(again) by Karan Johar, Ananya’s co-star Deepika Padukone was grilled by the Narcotics Control Bureau last year.Again, a clean chit.

There is a clearly drug trail visible here if one cares to look.

One hears that both of Ananya Pandey's forthcoming films are now on hold indefinitely.

“Until the picture is clearer,” a source close to the development reveals. The picture isn’t likely to be clear anytime soon.

Aryan Khan drug case: NCB officials raid Shah Rukh Khan, Ananya Panday's homes

Whats App chats between Aryan Khan and Ananya Panday led to the NCB probing the young star in the recent drugs seizure case. The NCB, on October 21, raided Panday's residence. The actress has since then appeared twice at NCB office for questioning and given the third summon a miss.