Saiyaara has turned out to be the second-highest grossing film of the year after Vicky Kaushal’s Chhaava. The romantic-musical crossed Rs 500 crores at the global box office recently and has earned more than Rs 300 crore in India. Now, Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda have opened up about what the film’s unprecedented success means to them.
In separate posts on Instagram, Ahaan and Aneet expressed their gratitude to the audience. Ahaan dedicated the film’s success to his grandmother as he shared some stills from the film and wrote a long caption. He began by saying that he had never thought he would get so much love one day and how he wishes his grandmother was there to be witness to it. Then he wrote in English, “I don’t know what lies ahead for me, but I know that in this moment I feel the love in my bones, I feel it for every single one of you, and I’ll feel it forever and ever and ever.”
He added, “I promise to work twice as hard, be twice as good, and to do this for you all, but also do it for the child in me, the child who had two left feet. The child who got jitters before going on stage, the child who was always told he couldn’t do it, we all have that child in us. I hope you all keep making that child happy because that child in you deserves it all, thank you for this miracle, I wish I could hug every single one of you.”
Aneet shared a similar post on Instagram sharing some of her stills from the film. She wrote, “The daze is wearing off and all I want to say is that I love you. I don’t know you. But I know that I love you.
All this love you’ve been so generous to give me, it’s sitting heavy in my chest, and I don’t know what to do except give it back.”
She added, “I am scared of what’s next, scared I won’t be enough, but whatever I have, even the smallest piece of me, I’ll put it out there. If it makes you laugh, or cry, or remember something you thought you’d forgotten, if it makes you feel a little less alone - then maybe that’s what I’m here for. And I’ll keep trying. Imperfect, but with everything I’ve got. Because I love you.”
Directed by Mohit Suri, Saiyaara released in theatres on July 17 and has been running in theatres inviting emotional reactions from audiences. In viral videos, people are seen crying, laughing, shouting and dancing while watching the film. It is produced by Aditya Chopra’s Yash Raj Films.