Actor Ananya Panday surprised fans by sharing a quirky new shampoo advertisement on social media, featuring filmmaker Anurag Kashyap in a self-aware and humorous face-off. The TRESemmé ad plays on their contrasting cinematic sensibilities, with both taking witty digs at each other.
The ad opens on a film set where Ananya is shooting an intense kidnapping scene. Just as she screams for help, Anurag, playing the director, yells “cut,” complaining that her hair looks unrealistically perfect for the situation. He questions her commitment to realism, even pointing to his assistant director’s messy hair as a reference.
Ananya fires back with a cheeky explanation, claiming she hasn’t washed her hair because she is a “method actor.” The banter escalates as Anurag grows increasingly irritated, while Ananya’s manager steps in, insisting that no additional products will be used to deliberately mess up her hair.
The highlight of the ad is Ananya’s dramatic monologue, where she mockingly calls out Anurag for allegedly referring to her as “Bandra Panday” and for nitpicking even her shampoo and conditioner choices. The sketch ends on a comic note, with Anurag storming off — only to steal the shampoo from her vanity van.
Sharing the video on Instagram, Ananya joked, “An Anurag Kashyap film definitely wasn’t on my 2026 bingo card. But things went off-script because my hair stole the scene.”
The playful collaboration has been well received online, with fans enjoying the tongue-in-cheek humour and the actors’ willingness to poke fun at their public personas.