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EXCLUSIVE: On Mother's Day, Bhavana Panday discusses Ananya Panday's choices in films and men; watch video
Ananya Panday is now officially launched in Bollywood. While her first film Student Of the Year 2 is raking in good numbers, she and her mother Bhavana Panday get candid about the bond they share.
Ananya Panday's big debut has just happened. Student Of The Year 2 has released and the film is working decently well at the box office too. The campus drama has already collected over Rs 26 crore in two days and that has also left everyone involved really happy. We caught up with Ananya and her mother Bhavana Panday and the mother-daughter duo shot for a special video for Mother's Day. Titled Sitare Behind The Stars, the show will make you meet the people who are the main men/women behind our favourite actors. The two pretty ladies flagged off the first episode, which happened to be a lot of fun.
When asked about whether she always wanted to become an actor, Ananya smiles, "Ever since I popped out of her, I think I wanted to be an actor. They know that as well. When I was younger, Suhana, Shanaya and I would act in front of them and imitate my mom, Gauri aunty and Maheep aunty. We were always ready to perform. Our parents wouldn't even need to ask us to dance at a party. They would just say 'D' and we would start dancing." Bhavana chipped in, "They always used to be synchronised. Once you all did something very funny where one of them was the maid."
To that, Anaya responded and said, "We have done some really weird things. Shah Rukh sir always used to encourage us and do photoshoots with us. He would take our videos and make us feel like we are the best actors. He would show them to everyone and say, 'Look what they did'."
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When did Ananya finally break the news to her parents? The doting mother reminisces, "She said it quite a few times but we kept asking her to finish her education. But I remember she became really serious about it when she got into USC which is the college she wanted to be in. Then, she got this offer around the same time and then she decided to take this offer over college, which she again struggled to get to. She told me she wants to give it her full and this is what she wants to do."
Ananya added, "More than supportive, my parents have been really realistic. Even when they saw me in plays and stuff, they were very clear that audition if you want to but they also wanted me to complete my education. They never made me feel that things will come to me on a silver plate. That's why, at home they never made it feel easy. It was always a dream I had to work for to achieve."
But despite the big launchpad, Bhavana still has concerns. "I understand that she is in the best of hands. It is Dharma and she couldn't have asked for better. But that one percent, as a parent, I still worry so I told Ananya come what may, I'm still holding on to that USC seat. Every semester, she would write a mail and every college encoruages this. They love children who come back with work experience."
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