Ananya Panday Biography : Movies, Height, Age, Boyfriend, News, Net Worth and More

Ananya Panday born 30 October 1998 is an Indian actress who primarily works in Bollywood films. The daughter of actor Chunky Panday, she began her acting career in 2019 with roles in the teen film Student of the Year 2 and the comedy Pati Patni Aur Woh. These performances earned her the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut. Her two subsequent films were poorly received, but she had a commercial success with a brief role in the comedy Dream Girl 2 (2023) and her performances in the dramas Gehraiyaan (2022) and Kho Gaye Hum Kahan (2023) were well-received.

Ananya Panday Biography
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Ananya Panday Biography :  Early life and family

Panday was born on 30 October 1998 to actor Chunky Panday and costume designer Bhavana Pandey in Mumbai, Maharashtra. She has a younger sister named Rysa. Her grandfather Sharad Panday, was an Indian heart surgeon. Her uncle Chikki Panday is a businessperson and her aunt Deanne Pandey is a wellness coach.

Pandey studied at Dhirubhai Ambani International School until 2017. She participated in Vanity Fair’s Le Bal des débutantes event in Paris in 2017.

Ananya Panday Biography :  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. Writing for Scroll.in, Nandini Ramnath felt that Panday showed potential in an unremarkable film. The film did not perform well at the box-office. 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. India Today mentioned that Pandey is “bland and boring with no spice.” With a worldwide gross of ₹1.15 billion (US$14 million), it emerged as a commercial success. Panday won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for her performance in both Student of the Year 2 and Pati Patni Aur Woh.

In 2020, Panday appeared in the action film Khaali Peeli, starring Ishaan Khatter. The film was released digitally on Zee Plex.[20] Panday next appeared alongside Deepika Padukone, Siddhant Chaturvedi and Dhairya Karwa in the 2022 noir romantic drama Gehraiyaan, which released on Amazon Prime Video. Her performance was well-received, with Anna M. M. Vetticad from Firstpost writing, “The surprise in this ensemble is Panday who brings a gravitas to Tia’s confusion and innocence that makes you wonder why she chose to debut with the hollow gloss of Student of the Year 2”. Her final release of the year came with Vijay Deverakonda in Puri Jagannadh’s action film Liger, a bilingual production in Hindi and Telugu. The film was a critical and commercial failure,[26][27] with Panday’s performance being panned.

In 2023, Panday briefly played the leading lady in the spiritual sequel Dream Girl 2, starring Ayushmann Khurrana. The Times of India’s Dhaval Roy dismissed her role and accent. Panday then starred in Kho Gaye Hum Kahan, a coming-of-age drama about the negative effects of social media, alongside Chaturvedi and Adarsh Gourav. Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV wrote that she “does a fair enough job of a character stuck in a single-note loop”, while Scroll.in’s Udita Jhunjhunwala found her “highly convincing as the jilted obsessive stalker seeking social media validation”.

Panday will next star in two direct-to-streaming films, Vikramaditya Motwane’s cyber thriller, CTRL on Netflix and in an Amazon Prime Video series titled Call Me Bae. She will also continue her collaborations with Dharma Productions with the period film Shankara, starring Akshay Kumar.

Ananya Panday Biography :  Media image

Panday has frequently combated negative attention and online trolling, for being a beneficiary of nepotism within the Hindi film industry. She said, “It isn’t as easy as people say it is. If you have access and don’t have the talent to back it up, people won’t invest their money in you. Having said that, I do believe nepotism exists and it exists in all industries, not just Bollywood.” In 2019, she launched an initiative named So Positive to create awareness about social media bullying, prevent negativity and build a positive community. At the Economic Times Awards 2019, the project was named Initiative of the Year.

Panday has subsequently ranked in Times’ 50 Most Desirable Women list. She ranked 37th in 2019 and 31st in 2020. Panday is a celebrity endorser for several brands such as Lakme, Jimmy Choo, Gillette and Timex.

Filmography

Films
Key
† Denotes films that have not yet been released
All films are in Hindi unless otherwise noted.
Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2019 Student of the Year 2 Shreya Randhawa
Pati Patni Aur Woh Tapasya Singh
2020 Khaali Peeli Pooja Sharma
2022 Gehraiyaan Tia Khanna
Liger Tanya Pandey Telugu-Hindi bilingual
2023 Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani Unnamed Special appearance in song “Heart Throb”
Dream Girl 2 Pari Srivastava
Kho Gaye Hum Kahan Ahana Singh
2024 Bad Newz Herself Special appearance
CTRL † Nella Awasthi Post-production
Shankara † TBA Filming

Television

Year Title Role Notes Ref.
2024 Call Me Bae † Bella “Bae” Chowdhury Completed

Music video

Year Title Performers Ref.
2020 “Kudi Nu Nachne De” Vishal Dadlani, Sachin–Jigar

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominated work Result Ref.
2019 26th Screen Awards Best Female Debut Student of the Year 2 Nominated
Fresh Face of the Year — Won
2020 65th Filmfare Awards Best Female Debut Student of the Year 2 & Pati Patni Aur Woh Won
Zee Cine Awards Best Female Debut Student of the Year 2 Won
Best Supporting Actress Pati Patni Aur Woh Nominated
21st IIFA Awards Star Debut of the Year – Female Student of the Year 2 Won
2021 Lokmat Stylish Awards Best Stylish Glamorous Icon — Won
2022 Most Stylish Gen Z Star — Won
22nd Indian Television Academy Awards Best Debutant Actress of the Year – OTT Gehraiyaan Won
2023 Zee Cine Awards Best Supporting Actress Nominated
Bollywood Hungama Style Icons Stylish Actor People’s Choice (Female) — Won
Pinkvilla Style Icons Awards Most Glamorous Icon — Won
Lokmat Stylish Awards Stylish Glam Icon — Won
2024 Zee Cine Awards Performer of the Year Kho Gaye Hum Kahan Won
Pinkvilla Screen and Style Icons Awards Most Stylish Performer of the Year (Female) Won
Bollywood Hungama Style Icons Most Stylish Leading Entertainer of the Year – Female — Won

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