26 September,2023 02:09 PM IST | Mumbai | mid-day online correspondent
Chunky Panday with Ananya
Actor Ananya Panday in the early hours of Tuesday penned down a sweet birthday wish for her father Chunky Panday. The 'Housefull' actor turns 61 today.
Taking to Instagram, the 'Liger' actor shared a throwback video on her stories which she captioned, "Thanks for introducing me to the camera at such a young age. Happy birthday Papatiiiiiii love you." In the old video, Chunky is seen interacting with a toddler Ananya and recording the same.
Reacting to the video, Chunky wrote, "My baby forever. Love you."
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Ananya also shared a series of throwback pictures on her stories of her father. All the pictures were from Ananya and her younger sister Rysa's childhood days. One of the pictures had Chunky with a blue face mask on him making goofy faces. Soon after she dropped the pictures it went viral on social media.
Ananya Panday is Chunky Panday and Bhavna Panday's elder daughter. The couple also have a daughter named Rysa. Ananya, like her father, became an actor. She made her debut in 2019 with 'Student Of The Year 2'.
Meanwhile, on the work front, Ananya is currently enjoying the grand success of her recently released comedy film 'Dream Girl 2'. It is her first film that crossed Rs 100 crores at the box office. Directed by Raaj Shaandilyaa and produced by Ektaa R Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor the film has Ayushmann Khurrana and Ananya Panday in the lead roles.
Apart from this, Ananya will be next seen in director Vikramaditya Motwane's untitled cybercrime-thriller film. Ecstatic about the project, Ananya had earlier said, "When Vikramaditya Motwane approached me with this story, I just knew I had to be part of it. As a filmmaker, he has been on my wish list for as long as I can remember and I feel really lucky to be working with him this early in my career."
She also has Farhan Akhtar's 'Kho Gaye Hum Kahan' opposite actors Siddhant Chaturvedi and Adarsh Gourav. The actress had earlier wrapped the shoot of the film. She will also be making her web series debut with Amazon Prime Video's 'Call me bae'.
