Ananya Panday was born on 30 October 1998 in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India is an Indian actress who mainly worked in Hindi films and a few Telugu films. She made her acting debut with a Bollywood film Student of the Year 2 and also won Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for this film.
Ananya Panday is the daughter of Chunky Panday and Bhavana Pandey. Her father named Chunky Panday is an actor and her mother Bhavana Pandey is a costume designer. Her younger sister’s name is Rysa Panday. Panday completed her school education from Dhirubhai Ambani International School.
Some additional details about Ananya Panday
- In 2017, She participated in Vanity Fair’s Le Bal des débutantes event in Paris.
- She was ranked 37th in 2019 and 31st in 2020 in Times’ 50 Most Desirable Women list.
- In 2019, she launched a project named “So Positive”, to raise awareness about cyberbullying, stop negativity, and promote a happy society. And the project was named Initiative of the Year at Economic Times Awards 2019.
- In 2019, She made her acting debut with a Bollywood film Student of the Year 2, co-starring Tiger Shroff and Tara Sutaria, and produced by Dharma Productions.
- As per reports, Panday got a remuneration of ₹3 Crore for her role in the film Student of the Year 2.
- She charges approx 2.5 – 4 Crores INR per film.
- She also earned Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for her role in the film Student of the Year 2.
- Ananya Panday was rumoured to be dating Karan Jaising.
- Ananya Panday and Ishaan Khatter were frequently spotted together. According to Pinkvilla, The couple reportedly split up after three years of dating. Both were seen in the film Khaali Peeli (2020).
- After the breakup with Ishaan Khatter, Ananya Pande is currently rumoured to be dating Aditya Roy Kapur.
- In 2023, during an interview with Etimes, her mother Bhavna Pandey confirmed that her daughter Ananya Panday is single. She also added that link-ups between actors were normal.
Anaya Panday Controversy
- In an interview, Ananya admitted that she did not attend college despite being accepted into a journalism programme. But according to a lady posing as Ananya’s classmate on Instagram, the actress never submitted an application to a university abroad. Later, Ananya shared pictures of her university letters as proof on Instagram and clarified that she was accepted by Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism at USC for a major in Communication in the Spring 2018 semester.
- Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) summoned her for her alleged WhatsApp chats with Aryan Khan. As per the Times of India, NCB source told TOI, Ananya Panday and Aryan Khan were allegedly discussing the procurement and consumption of drugs on WhatsApp. However, She denied all claims that she supplied drugs to Aryan Khan.