Ananya Panday Video Calls Kartik Aaryan On Koffee With Karan 9, Ananya Birla Teases Her Over 'Exes'

Ananya Panday video calls Kartik Aaryan on Koffee With Karan 9 as Ananya Birla teases her about her exes. Shanaya Kapoor also makes a surprise appearance.

Karan Johar's Koffee With Karan Season 9 is bringing together Ananya Panday and entrepreneur-singer Ananya Birla for its next episode. The latest promo shows the two guests taking part in the show's familiar games, but a phone-call challenge involving Ananya Panday soon becomes the centre of attention. With Karan mentioning Aditya Roy Kapur and Ananya considering a call to Ishaan Khatter, the actress eventually connects with Kartik Aaryan on video.

The upcoming episode follows Sidharth Malhotra and Kiara Advani's appearance on the celebrity chat show. Besides the phone-call task, the promo offers a glimpse of Ananya Birla's dating confession and a surprise appearance by Shanaya Kapoor, whose answer during the rapid-fire round leaves Karan visibly puzzled.

Ananya Panday Video Calls Kartik Aaryan During Karan Johar's Challenge

In one of the promo's segments, Ananya Panday is asked to make a call and get the person on the other end to say, "Hey Karan, it's me." As she reaches for her phone, Karan immediately wants to know whom she intends to contact.

"You are calling Adi?" he asks, apparently referring to Aditya Roy Kapur. Ananya does not appear to dial him. Instead, she considers another name, saying, "I'll call Ishaan," in reference to Ishaan Khatter.

The person who finally appears on her screen, however, is Kartik Aaryan. The promo shows Ananya connecting with the actor on a video call, with Karan greeting him with a "Hi". Watching the sequence unfold, Ananya Birla cannot resist pointing out the common thread.

"You have called all your exes," she remarks, teasing her fellow guest about the names that have come up.

Despite Birla's playful remark, the promo does not show Ananya contacting Ishaan or Aditya. Their names arise during the challenge, while Kartik is the person she actually calls. The preview also stops short of revealing their full conversation.

Ananya Panday's Rumoured Relationships With Kartik, Ishaan And Aditya

The names mentioned during the challenge have all previously featured in speculation about Ananya's personal life. She and Kartik were linked around the time they appeared together in the 2019 film Pati Patni Aur Woh, although their rumoured romance was never publicly confirmed.

Ananya was later linked to Ishaan Khatter, her co-star in Khaali Peeli, which released in 2020. The two were often photographed together, but neither formally confirmed that they were dating. Reports suggested that they parted ways in 2022.

She was subsequently linked to Aditya Roy Kapur. The actors were seen together on several occasions before reports of a breakup surfaced in 2024. The new promo references those associations without establishing that any of the reported relationships were confirmed by the people involved.

Kartik Aaryan Has Come Up On Koffee With Karan Before

This is not the first time Ananya has mentioned Kartik on Karan's show. During her Season 6 appearance, she spoke about having a crush on the actor and said she would like to go on a date with him.

In Season 7, she called Kartik during a segment and tried to help resolve differences between him and Karan. His name came up again when Ananya appeared alongside Sara Ali Khan in Season 8. Karan raised what he described as the "elephant in the room", referring to reports that both actresses had dated Kartik, and asked how they remained cordial. Sara responded, while Ananya smiled without offering a comment.

The Season 9 promo brings Kartik back into the conversation, this time through a video call rather than simply a question about him.

Shanaya Kapoor's Ranveer Singh Answer And Ananya Birla's Date Confession

The episode also features Shanaya Kapoor as a special guest. During the rapid-fire round, Karan asks what Shanaya and Ananya Panday have in common. Shanaya replies, "Ranveer Singh." Taken aback, Karan repeats, "Ranveer?" Ananya laughs and tells him, "It's true." The promo leaves the explanation for that answer undisclosed.

Shanaya's appearance follows her OTT debut in Student of the Year: After Dark, a Karan Johar-backed thriller that reworks the Student of the Year franchise's familiar campus setting.

Elsewhere, Ananya Birla is asked about a romantic gesture and reveals that she once had an entire space cleared for a date. Ananya Panday calls the gesture romantic, prompting Karan to offer his own assessment: "And rich." The exchange has both guests laughing.

Koffee With Karan Season 9 is streaming on JioHotstar, with new episodes arriving every Wednesday at 7 pm IST.