Ananya Panday Calls Exes on Koffee With Karan Season 9

The Phone Challenge

Actor Ananya Panday calls her former partners during a buzzer task in a new promo for Karan Johar's celebrity chat show Koffee With Karan Season 9. Entrepreneur-singer Ananya Birla joins her as a guest on the couch. During the game, Karan Johar asks if Ananya Panday is calling actor Aditya Roy Kapur. She decides to call actor Ishaan Khatter instead and eventually video calls actor Kartik Aaryan. Ananya Birla points out that she has called all her past partners. The promo does not show their full conversation.

Past Relations and Show History

Ananya Panday and Kartik Aaryan were linked around the time they worked on Pati Patni Aur Woh in 2019. She previously admitted to having a crush on him in Season 6 and tried to mend differences between him and Karan Johar in Season 7. She appeared with Sara Ali Khan in Season 8. Ananya and Ishaan Khatter worked together in Khaali Peeli in 2020 and were frequently spotted together before parting ways. Ananya was later linked to Aditya Roy Kapur until reports of a breakup emerged in 2024.

Special Guest and Rapid-Fire

Shanaya Kapoor joins the episode as a special guest. During the rapid-fire round, Karan Johar asks Shanaya what she and Ananya have in common, and Shanaya replies Ranveer Singh. Ananya laughingly confirms it is true. Shanaya's appearance follows her OTT debut in the web series Student of the Year: After Dark, which is backed by Karan Johar and shifts the franchise to a thriller. Meanwhile, Ananya Birla shares that she once had an entire space vacated for a romantic date, leading Karan Johar to call the gesture rich.

Context

Koffee With Karan streams new episodes every Wednesday at 7 pm IST on JioHotstar. Celebrity chat shows frequently use relationship histories and games to generate public interest and online discussion.