India, Nov. 14 -- Actor Ananya Panday and filmmaker Imtiaz Ali were guests at the 24th Hindustan Times Leadership Summit on Saturday. The duo spoke about cinema to HT's Sonal Kalra, and the actor opened up about everything from women's representation in cinema to the kind of roles she would love to play. She also expressed an interest in mythology while praising Nitesh Tiwari's Ramayana.

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At the HT Leadership Summit, Ananya was asked if she watched Ramayana and said, "I did. Blown away, love, love loved it." She recalled growing up hearing Indian mythological tales from her mother and gr...