Why Ananya Loved Playing Bae

Ananya
Panday
admits
she
was
drawn
to
play
the
protagonist
in
her
new
Web
series

Call
Me
Bae
for
its
Kareena
connection.

“I’ve
grown
up
loving
Kareena
Kapoor’s
Poo
from

K3G,
Cher
from

Clueless
and
Alexis
from

Schitts’
Creek.
To
be
able
to
play
a
character
that
is
a
tribute
to
all
of
my
favourites,
while
being
wonderfully
original
herself,
has
been
a
dream
come
true,”
Ananya
tells

Subhash
K
Jha.

“I
feel
grateful
that
a
show
like

Call
Me
Bae
came
to
because
it
is
the
kind
of
material
I’ve
grown
up
watching
and
belongs
to
my
favourite
genre,
which
is
a
mix
of
chick
flick,
romance,
drama
and
loads
of
fun.

“When
Karan
(Johar,
Producer)
spoke
to
me
about
the
show
and
then
I
went
on
to
read
the
episodes,
I
was
completely
sold
on
the
fact
that
even
though
the
genre
is
so
light,
the
show
speaks
about
important
and
relevant
issues
in
today’s
times,”
she
says.

Ananya
had
fun
shooting
for

Call
Me
Bae
but
admits
it
was
challenging
too.

“The
most
challenging
part
for
me
was
that
it’s
my
first
time
headlining
a
series,”
she
says.

“OTT,
due
to
its
long
format,
really
gives
you
an
opportunity
to
explore
a
character
in
a
way
you
may
not
be
able
to
in
the
120
minutes
or
so
you
have
in
a
film
where
most
of
your
backstory
becomes
subliminal.
I
really
hope
people
enjoy
the
show
so
that
I
can
play
Bae
for
more
seasons.

“There
are
many
similarities
in
Bae
and
me
but
I
think
there
are
more
differences
in
us
and
that’s
why
it
was
so
much
fun
to
play
her
and
almost
escape
into
her
world
where
I
looked
at
everything
around
me
in
the
way
that
she
does.
She’s
kind
to
everyone
and
sees
the
best
in
people.
She
never
lets
life
get
her
down.”