Ananya Panday Shines Bright Like A Diamond@22

Ananya Panday, daughter of actor Chunky Panday and wife Bhavana, made her grand Bollywood debut in 2019 with Student Of The Year 2 and she has proved she's here to stay. Ananya Panday has an interesting line-up of films, which may give her ample opportunity to establish herself as an actor of merit in the film industry. As she turns 22 today, here's a look at her journey so far.

Ananya Panday, daughter of actor Chunky Panday and wife Bhavana, made her grand Bollywood debut in 2019 with Student Of The Year 2 and she has proved she's here to stay. Ananya Panday has an interesting line-up of films, which may give her ample opportunity to establish herself as an actor of merit in the film industry. As she turns 22 today, here's a look at her journey so far.

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Ananya Panday was born on October 30, 1998 and she is the eldest of Chunky and Bhavan Panday's two children. Her younger sister Rysa is still in school.

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Ananya is the niece of celebrity fitness instructor Deanne Panday and she's quite close to her cousins Ahaan and Alanna Panday.

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Before making her Bollywood debut, Ananya featured in headlines for her high society debut at Bal des debutantes or Le Bal in November 2017. Her escort or 'cavalier' to the event was Prince Philip d'Arenberg.

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At the Le Bal, Ananya also waltzed with her father Chunky Panday. "Waltzing with Ananya was great fun," Chunky Panday told NDTV, adding that he often danced with both daughters when they were young.

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Soon after her high society debut, filmmaker Karan Johar announced that he is set to launch Ananya in Student Of The Year 2 along with Disney India actress Tara Sutaria. Actor Tiger Shroff was the third spoke of this love triangle tale, which was mixed with dance, action and drama.

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After several delays, Student Of The Year 2 opened to mixed reviews in May 2019. The film is directed by Punit Malhotra.

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Ananya Panday's second Bollywood movie was Pati Patni Aur Woh, co-starring Kartik Aaryan and Bhumi Pednekar. The film was a remake of the 1978 marital comedy of the same name and was viewed as somewhat gender insensitive.

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This year, Ananya Panday co-starred with Ishaan Khatter in Khaali Peeli, which was a total Bollywood masala entertainer. With theatres shut because of the coronavirus restrictions, the film released on OTT platform ZeePlex.

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Ananya Panday's upcoming projects include an untitled film with Puri Jagannadh, in which she co-stars with Vijay Deverakonda. The multilingual film will mark Vijay's Bollywood debut and Ananya's first Telugu project.

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Ananya is also currently working on a Shakun Batra-directed project. She will co-star with Deepika Padukone and Siddhanth Chaturvedi in the movie. The relationship drama is slated to release on February 12, 2021.

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Here's wishing Ananya Panday a very happy birthday and all the very best for her future endeavours.

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