Reddit compared Ananya Panday’s Call Me Bae with 2 Broke Girls.
Ananya Panday talks about the internet comparing her new series Call Me Bae with 2 Broke Girls and Emily in Paris.
The moment the trailer of Call Me Bae dropped, the internet drew comparisons with several shows in the West. Reddit and X were filled comparisons with Two Broke Girls, which starred Kat Dennings and Beth Behrs, and Netflix’s Emily in Paris, starring Lily Collins. Although fans will have to wait to see if Call Me Bae is indeed inspired by the chick-flicks in the West but Ananya Panday urges people to watch the show before they speak. In an exclusive chat with News18 Showsha, Ananya addressed the comparisons.
“Just because this is the genre or the theme of the show, doesn’t mean it is the copy of something else. It’s like, if there’s a romcom that’s already been made, it doesn’t make it a copy. It is following a similar format or genre. It’s a template,” Ananya Panday told us exclusively. Her Call Me Bae co-star, Niharika Lyra Dutt added, “All the shows mentioned are good shows. I feel like if it is reminding the audience of these things then it means it is comforting them and they want to watch more.”
Ananya explained further, “I don’t like the fact that when something is made in Hollywood and then it’s made in India, people call it the sasta version of that. Why can’t you be proud of the content that is coming from your own country? You sit and watch these shows for hours. But it is coming from your own country… Without watching it, don’t judge it is what I would say.”
She added that the characters will be the highlights of the show. “I think the best part of this show is its characters. Even though the template maybe chick-flick or that format, all the characters of the show are so wonderfully unique. Once you watch the show, I think people will relate,” she added.
Call Me Bae is created by Ishita Moitra and the story was penned by her, Samina Motlekar and Rohit Nair. The eight-episode series stars Ananya Pandey, Vir Das, Gurfateh Pirzada, Varun Sood, Vihaan Samat, Muskkaan Jaferi, Niharika Lyra Dutt, Lisa Mishra and Mini Mathur. The series will stream on September 6.
