Saiyaara Was Initally Planned As Aashiqui 3? Director Mohit Suri Makes Revelations About Ahaan & Aneet Starrer

Bollywood director Mohit Suri is currently busy promoting his upcoming film Saiyaara. The romantic musical will be marking the Bollywood debut of actress Ananya Panday’s cousin Ahaan Panday and Big Girls Don’t Cry fame Aneet Padda. In a recent interview with the news agency IANS, Suri revealed that he has an ‘aashiqui’ towards the genre of romance and that his upcoming film was initially planned as “Aashiqui 3.”

Explaining how he has always been “fascinated” by people and their love stories, quoted by News18, he added, “Everybody’s love story is so different and unique and heartwarming and gut-wrenching that you can feel so many emotions, root for people and believe that love can be the solution to everything, it can be the great healer.”

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Talking about his affinity towards the genre of romance, the Ek Villain Returns director revealed that he likes to explore “every layer” of the “complex feeling” through his career. Stating that Saiyaara’s plot was initially planned for Aashiqui 3, he added, “I had thought of this idea for Aashiqui 3, which is now Saiyaara. It didn’t materialise to become Aashiqui 3 at that time. I keep trying to think of telling new love stories.”

For the last two decades he has been making movies on love stories and he feels like he has “barely scratched the surface.” “People underestimate young people to have deep emotions and experience life changing relationships. I love how young minds function, how they feel and how they process love to be. Saiyaara is my journey into the hearts and souls of these beautiful young boys and girls and show everyone the level of commitment, the depth of love that they are able to operate on,” Suri concluded.

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Scheduled for a release on July 18, 2025, Saiyaara is directed by Mohit Suri. Starring debutants Ahaan Panday and Aneet Padda, the film is produced by YRF’s CEO Akshaye Widhani.