Chunky Panday Reveals Ananya Panday Was Uncomfortable Doing Liger Because Of THIS Reason!
Chunky Panday reveals he would've said no to Ananya Panday doing Call Me Bae if she had asked him.

Bollywood actor Ananya Panday received major backlash for her roles at the start of her career, but she changed everyone’s perspectives soon with films like Kho Gaye Hum Kahan. But before that, she received immense trolling for her film Liger starring Vijay Deverakonda. During a recent conversation, her father, Chunky Panday, opened up about how his daughter thought that she was too young for the role.
Chunky Panday On Ananya Panday Doing Liger
During a recent interview, Chunky Panday remembered encouraging Ananya Panday to do Liger. He said, “When she asked me if she should do this film, she thought she was too young. She said, ‘Papa, I am too young to do this.’ I said you do this; it’s a commercial, a big film, but maybe she was right. She was too young to do it.”
The Call Me Bae actress debuted when she was just 18 years old, and at the time,e she had a baby face. Chunky recalled Ananya being uncomfortable and confused about the role. Chunky Panday said that after that, he never pressured her to do any role and even confessed that he would have said no to her hit show Call Me Bae if she had asked him.
In a previous interview with We Are Yuvaa‘s YouTube channel, the actress shared that she was sad and upset after Liger failed. She said that she would not be starring in a film with her father again and even restricted him from giving her advice.
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First Published: February 06, 2025 3:20 PM