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Saiyaara captivated audiences and critics alike and became the highest-grossing love story ever. With newcomers Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda in the lead roles, themovie evoked powerful comparisons to the iconic 2000 debut film Kaho Naa... Pyaar Hai, which starred Hrithik Roshan and Ameesha Patel. Several people set straight comparisons and called both the films similar, but recently, actress Ameesha Patel brushed off these comparisons and hailed Saiyaara’s success, stating that it’s good that today’s generation has got their new pair of stars with whom they can relate.

Ameesha Patel recently got candid during an interview with Times Now and praised Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda for their performances. The actress stated, “I think that first of all both of them did a tremendous job, and my congratulations to them. It was high time, this industry needs a few fresh faces and faces that run and people that love it and know how to create new actors it's very necessary.” Ameesha Patel also mentioned that Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai was a pleasant movie. It had comedy, music, and double roles. It was not tragic in any sense. So one can’t compare the two films.

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She further talked about the comparisons between her movie and Mohit Suri’s directorial and exclaimed, “Saiyaara was a film, honestly, that the Gen Z grabbed more than at all levels, unlike Kaho Naa Pyaar Hai, where you're still sitting 25 years down the line and you're discussing, and you know just the tune is enough to give goosebumps. People still do the tag step, the hook step and everything. I'm just glad that Gen Z, so-called this new term, got a set of actors for them that they can relate to, and a film that they could grab onto.”

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On the work front, following her successful 2023 comeback with Gadar 2, Ameesha Patel was last seen in the 2024 film Tauba Tera Jalwa. Currently, she is preparing for her role in the upcoming movie Gadar 3, which is expected to begin filming in late 2025 and release in 2026. Reportedly, the actress is also set to star in an untitled period-action drama, further establishing her return to mainstream cinema.