Ananya Panday

Ananya Panday

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Ananya Panday
Ananya Panday at Netflix screening.jpg
Panday in 2019
Born30 October 1998 (age 22)
CitizenshipIndian
OccupationActress
Parent(s)

Ananya Panday (born 30 October 1998) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi films. The daughter of actor Chunky Pandey, she ventured into acting in 2019 with leading roles in the teen film Student of the Year 2 and the comedy Pati Patni Aur Woh. For the former film, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut and Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut.

Early life

Panday was born to actor Chunky Pandey on 30 October 1998.[1][2][3] She graduated from Dhirubhai Ambani International School in 2017.[4] She participated in Vanity Fair's Le Bal des débutantes event in Paris in 2017.[5][6]

Acting career

Panday made her acting debut in 2019 with the teen film Student of the Year 2, co-starring Tiger Shroff and Tara Sutaria, which was produced by Dharma Productions.[7] Writing for Scroll.in, Nandini Ramnath felt that Panday showed potential in an unremarkable film.[8] The film underperformed at the box office.[9] Panday next starred in Pati Patni Aur Woh (2019), a remake of the 1978 film of the same name, alongside Kartik Aaryan and Bhumi Pednekar. She played a secretary who indulges in an affair with a married man, which was portrayed by Ranjeeta Kaur in the original.[10] Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV found her to be "perfectly cast as the wide-eyed girl" but Jyoti Kanyal of India Today dismissed her as "bland and boring with no spice".[11][12] With a worldwide gross of ₹1.15 billion (US$16 million), it emerged as a commercial success.[13][14] Panday won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for her performance in Student of the Year 2.[15]

Panday appeared in the 2020 action film Khaali Peeli, co-starring Ishaan Khatter. She is slated to appear in Shakun Batra's as-yet untitled 2021 romantic drama with Deepika Padukone and Siddhant Chaturvedi.[16][17] She will also team with Vijay Deverakonda for Puri Jagannadh's as-yet untitled multilingual film.[18]

Other work

Panday in 2019

In 2019, Panday launched an initiative named So Positive to create awareness about social media bullying, prevent negativity and build a positive community.[19] At the 2019 Economic Times Awards, the project was named Initiative of the Year.[20]

Filmography

Key
Films that have not yet been releasedDenotes films that have not yet been released
YearFilmRoleNotes
2019Student of the Year 2Shreya RandhawaFilmfare Award for Best Female Debut
Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut
2019Pati Patni Aur WohTapasya Singh
2020Angrezi MediumHerselfSpecial appearance in song "Kudi Nu Nachne De"[21]
2020Khaali PeeliPooja Gujjar
2020Untiled Vijay Deverakonda - Puri Jagannadh project Films that have not yet been releasedTBAHindi and Telugu film; filming[22][23]
2021Untiled Shakun Batra project Films that have not yet been releasedTBAFilming[24]

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