Ananya Panday said her parents, Chunky Panday and Bhavana Pandey, always wanted her to get a college degree.
Ananya Panday has been getting rave reviews for her performance in ‘Kho Gaye Hum Kahan’ after being propelled to stardom post the box office success of ‘Dream Girl 2’. Ananya Panday made her Bollywood debut with 2019 film ‘Student of the Year 2’. Directed by Punit Malhotra and backed by Karan Johar's Dharma Productions, the film also starred Tiger Shroff, Tara Sutaria, and Aditya Seal.
However, in a recent interview with Galatta Plus, the actress shared that her parents have always wanted her to complete her education first, mostly because of her father and actor Chunky Panday's career downfalls. She also attributed it to the fact that both of his father’s parents were doctors.
“Before that (going to college), I had the opportunity to meet Karan (Johar, producer). I auditioned for Student (of the Year, debut film). The film worked out for me. But they (her parents), still at that time, were like, ‘Listen, we think you should go to college. You want to do the film. So later, if things don’t work out later, don't blame us. Don't say we made you do this because we want you to attend college.' But it was solely my decision,” Ananya said.
Ananya further shared how she always wanted to be an actor, and it was not because her father was in the business. She revealed how he would never take her to his film sets, barring three occasions. “It was also something my parents didn't take seriously when I said I wanted to be an actor. They were always kind of particular about my college and education, and finishing that and having a backup."
She added, "Because my dad (Chunky Panday) has had a successful run, but it's been filled with ups and downs. It's not been the smoothest of journeys. More than anything, he understood how hazy it is. The failure rate is higher than the success. So he wanted me to have a backup. And his parents were doctors. So it's a generational thing that's been happening in our family.”
Ananya now has ‘Control’ and ‘Call My Bae’ in the pipeline.