Shalini Pandey is known to many for her performance in Sandeep Reddy Vanga's Arjun Reddy. Later she expanded her career to Bollywood with films like Jayeshbhai Jordaar and Maharaj.

But one thing has striked fans more than anything else and it is troubling her. Netizens found a lot of similarities between her and Alia Bhatt in terms of looks and personality.

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Shalini shared a roundtable interview with leading actresses Ananya Pandey, Tripti Dimri, Aditi Rao Hydari and Bhumi Pednekar. She opened up how initially the comparison made her feel uncomfortable but later on she developed a sense of reassurance in her own self.

It primarily bothered her because it affected her sense of individuality and the trolling online made it worse. She stated that she did not like Alia as such back then and wanted people to look at her like herself.

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But now she feels easy about it as she has grown to like Alia and the comparison does not irritate her as much. She will seen in Idly Kadai alongside Dhanush next.