Ananya Panday’s cousin Ahaan Panday will be making his film debut in Yash Raj Films’ Saiyaara. The romantic-drama, helmed by director Mohit Suri (Kalyug, Aashiqui 2), also stars Aneet Padda (Big Girls Don’t Cry, Salaam Venky) in the lead.
Saiyaara is slated to release on July 18.
Production house Yash raj Films took to social media on Tuesday to share a note and make the announcement. “Theirs is a love story like no other… #Saiyaara starring #AhaanPanday and #AneetPadda releasing in theatres, worldwide, July 18, 2025!” they captioned the post.
Saiyaara is the first film being produced by YRF’s CEO Akshaye Widhani. It will be presented by Aditya Chopra.
Ahaan’s debut was announced in February last year. The nephew of actor Chunky Panday, hewas signed as a YRF Talent almost about six years back to go through intense training programmes devised personally by Aditya Chopra. A source at that time said: "Ahaan has been shaped by Aditya Chopra personally for years. He has been kept under wraps by YRF so that he can focus on bettering his craft."
"To the industry, Ahaan Panday's launch is by far the biggest debut by a youngster in the Hindi film industry in years and YRF is showing its intent to create a star out of him. The massive project that he has been signed on for is the Mohit Suri love story!” the source had added.