Bollywood’s young star revealed that Sara Ali Khan was her senior in school but she was not close to her as she is now.
In fact, she was terrified of her.
In an interview with Mid-day’s Sit with Hitlist, Ananya talked about her friendship with her. “Sara is outspoken now, but, in school, she was even more outspoken; so she was always this myth. I would actually hide from her in school because I used to be terrified. If she was walking down a certain staircase, I would walk down another staircase. Because she would say anything. Like, she is muhfat; she still is, but in school, she was even more muhfat. So, I used to be like, she is going to say something about me.”
She went on to add that they had a few interactions in school but nothing that cemented their friendship. “We did a play together in school and she was the main character in the play and I was like holding her umbrella or something. I was at the back and she wouldn’t bother to know my name. So, she will say “aye girl, come here”. I don’t think because my name started with A, she didn’t even know that. Now, when I tell her she says, ‘What rubbish! I treated you so well’, but she didn’t even know my name in school.”
Ananya added that they became good friends after they joined Bollywood. “We have actually become friends now. She debuted a year before I did and she was very welcoming. She would always say, “Let’s go for lunch”, and she really made an effort to be friends.”
Ananya made her debut in 2019 in Student of the Year 2, while Sara Ali Khan debuted in 2018 film Kedarnath.
