India, May 26 -- Bollywood actor Ananya Panday recently faced backlash after a clip of her performing a Bharatanatyam fusion routine in Chand Mera Dil went viral on social media. Many users criticised her dance moves, while several Bharatanatyam dancers described the performance as "catastrophic". Now, Ananya's father and actor Chunky Panday has defended her amid the criticism.

In an interview with ETimes, Chunky addressed the backlash surrounding Ananya's dance sequence in Chand Mera Dil and said, "I think people completely misunderstood it. It was never meant to be pure Bharatanatyam. It was a fusion performance, the kind of experimental dance you often see college students perform at social or cultural events. People assumed it was tr...