Mumbai:
A clip showcasing Ananya Panday’s wedding from her recently released live streaming show Call me Bae has gone viral on social media. The reason behind the clip’s virality is that it looks completely similar to Bollywood couple Kiara Advani and Sidharth Malhotra’s wedding. The clip has many similarities with the original footage, such as Ananya’s character walking to the mandap, her dance and the male lead pointing to his watch like Sid did in the original footage. Social media users flocked to the comments section and had mixed reactions to the recreated clip. One user wrote “Kiara and Sid”. Another wrote: “Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani can report copyright”. A third wrote: “Why is he copying Kiara Sid’s wedding? What is this even?” There were others who were not affected by the recreation. One user wrote: “Worst recreation. Kiara was iconic.”
The reason the scene looks like an outright rip-off is because of that Call me Bae is produced by Karan Johar who is the mentor of Ananya, Kiara and Sidharth.
During the episode Coffee with KaranKJo had revealed the reason behind Sid’s bell gesture, stating that Kiara was incredibly late for her own wedding, which angered the guests. Siddharth’s gesture pointing to his watch was a genuine reaction from him and others who are endlessly waiting for the bride.
Sidharth and Kiara got married on 7 February 2023 at Jaisalmer’s Suryagarh Hotel. Their wedding was attended by their families and close friends from the industry including Manish Malhotra, Karan Johar, Juhi Chawla and others.
In their wedding video, Kiara was dressed in a pink lehenga as she entered the wedding venuephoolon ki chaadar‘ and to dance. In the video, Kiara and Sidharth kiss each other as they exchange garlands as they are showered with flowers and wave to the crowd as they celebrate their moment.
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