MID-DAY (May 2, 2019)

Soon after the trailer of Student Of The Year 2 released, trolls took to social media to criticise the over-the-top world that the college drama depicted. Instead of being perturbed, lead actors and débutantes Ananya Panday and Tara Sutaria have opened up about being trolled.

Panday said: “I love all the memes. I think since Koffee With Karan, my expression became the subject of memes, and I love sharing it with my friends. I put it on my social media stories. It is really funny.”

Being the daughter of Chunky Panday, Ananya says she’s been witness to how her father has dealt with trolls. “I am so familiar with the whole thing [trolling] that I saw how my father can laugh at himself. I have learnt it too. I think, because he took it in such a positive way, I can also take it positively. It doesn’t affect me.”

Sutaria added: “Initially, trolling did affect me. But now I know that it is a part and parcel of our job. With SOTY 2, we are trying to create a world that is larger than life. Even when the first [instalment] released, there was criticism. But now, we all take it in good spirit.”