Ananya Panday is known for her work in the Hindi film industry and for being the daughter of comic actor, Chunky Panday. The actress made her debut in 2019 and also won the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for her work in the romantic-comedy, Student of the Year 2, along with Tiger Shroff and Tara Sutaria, and Kartik Aryan and Bhumi Pednekar starrer, Pati Patni Aur Woh. Ananya has given us some of her best entertaining roles with Call Me Bae, Gehraiyaan, and Dream Girl 2. However, the title of star kid has always overshadowed her and she has finally shared her dismay about the subject.
The Call Me Bae star, Ananya Panday, is no stranger to the allegations of nepotism in her career, given that she is the daughter of B-Town star, Chunky Panday. However, she recently opened up about the same and shared that she felt people have turned the term star kid into an insult. Ananya recently appeared on Raj Shamani’s podcast and shared that her father came from a family of doctors and wanted to become an actor and worked hard for his path. She said:
"People have made it a bad word and I don’t think it’s a bad word. People have made you aware. When you’re watching something on screen, you’re like, 'Arey, ye iski beti hai.' It doesn’t need to be like that. People should just go in and think what they have to. And they do think what they have to."
In the same conversation, Ananya Panday continued to share that the industry has become exceedingly divided between insiders and outsiders. She added that the industry and the audience have given her so much. Ananya further mentioned how people from the film families are thriving but so are those who don't share any links with the industry. She also cited Shah Rukh Khan as an example of being successful in Bollywood as an outsider. She said:
"But I think it’s just become very divided, like ye insider hai, ye outsider. The industry has given us so much. The audience has given us all so much. There are people from a film family who are thriving, and there are people who are not from the film family thriving even more."
Ananya continued the conversation and added that she believes it is more about the individual rather than anything else. She also mentioned how outsiders don't immediately get tagged or shamed whereas the insiders are shamed for being born in the industry. She concluded by saying that she doesn't agree with star kid being an insult and called it unfair. She stated:
"So, I think it’s about the individual more than anything else. Outsiders don’t get tagged or shamed as much as insiders. There’s no immediate tag to shame them with, but for insiders, it’s become a ticket term, almost like an insult, which I don’t think is fair."
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