Anjali Anand: Jayaji threw us a party at her home

Anjali Anand, who was last seen on the big screen sharing screen space with Dharmendra, Jaya Bachchan, Shabana Azmi, Ranveer Singh, and Alia Bhatt in Karan Johar’s Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani, is now set to play a drug peddler in Shibani Akhtar’s debut show, Dabba Cartel.

When asked if he had to pack a dabba for her on screen brother Ranveer what would she put in it , she shared, “Ranveer and I once told Jayaji that we want to eat mutton and she specially got it for us, so that same mutton and also anything Kashmiri. He really like eating Kashmiri food. We also told Jayaji that we would love to eat Kashmiri food and the next day, she threw a party at her house with Kashmiri food! It was great.”
Since the conversation was about food, Anjali also recalled a childhood anecdote about her father’s restaurant. She said, “My dad used to own a restaurant, but it eventually shut down because only we were eating there (laughs). He had opened it just so that my grandfather could stay busy. Every night, we would get food in boxes, and people would come home and eat for free. My dad is a generous man. There was one dish called Chicken Crunchy, and when there were raffles in school during Christmas, people would usually sell vegetarian food. I used to sell Chicken Crunchy for ₹100 at that time. Everyone would buy it, and I’d make the most profit! I can still eat that Chicken Crunchy every day of my life.”
She also shared memories of her school days, recalling how her tiffin would often contain leftovers from the previous night. “My mother is not very interested in cooking, especially early in the morning. Being the youngest, my two older siblings had already finished school, so she didn’t have to prepare lunches anymore. My bench partner and I would always eat from each other’s dabbas. But some kids were gutsy enough to open their tiffins before recess and start eating. I was too scared to do that!”