Student Ananya Panday shares notes from her diary with Raghuvendra Singh
Her morning-dew beauty is surreal to ignore. Much before she debuted with Karan Johar’s Student Of The Year 2, Ananya Panday was an internet sensation. She also won notice for getting selected at the Le Bal Des Debutantes in 2017 in Paris, an international fashion event that brings together daughters of the rich and the famous from various countries. When her mother, Bhavana Panday, shared a photo of Ananya on Instagram, filmmaker Farah Khan commented in jest, “Do a DNA test, please. She’s too lovely to be Chunky’s child.” Like most of us, actor and dad Chunky Panday too took it as a compliment for his gorgeous teen. Karan Johar signing Ananya for Student Of The Year 2 (SOTY2), only seemed natural. “I’m the biggest Varun Dhawan fan ever. His shirtless picture holding the guitar in Student Of The Year was my wallpaper,” gushes Ananya who’s now B-town’s latest poster girl after SOTY2. Looking forward to her next, the Pati Patni Aur Woh remake, the debutante shares moments and memories from her journal…
“MY PARENTS DIDN’T BELIEVE I WANTED TO ACT”
For the longest time, my parents didn’t believe that I wanted to be an actor. They dismissed it as shauk hai chala jayega. Then they saw me perform at the annual day function in school. They were like maybe I could try. Dad wants me to do my own thing. He never visited the set even once. In fact, he saw the trailer of SOTY2 on YouTube like everyone else.
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