Overview

• Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda appeared together for the first time since release in a The Hollywood Reporter India cover and interview, prompting a surge of online reaction to their pairing.
• Panday said he was gratified that his work "spoke first" after YRF and Mohit Suri kept the leads off the usual promotional circuit, a strategy credited with sustaining the film’s momentum.
• Padda recounted secretly taping auditions at home because her family could not afford trips to Mumbai, saying only her parents and close friends’ opinions truly affect her.
• She shared that her bedridden grandfather, who has Alzheimer’s, recognized her from Saiyaara videos, calling it a deeply personal moment connected to the film’s theme.
• The actors recalled lighting a candle at Mumbai’s Mount Mary Church during Padda’s audition period and said they cried on the shoot’s final day; separate reports suggest new project offers, including a possible YRF film for Padda, though these are unconfirmed.