Ananya Panday is riding high on the accolades coming her way after her Bollywood debut in Student of the Year 2. During an interview, with an entertainment portal, Ananya revealed that her best friend Suhana Khan's dad, Shah Rukh Khan would encourage her, Suhana and Shanaya Kapoor to perform. She also revealed that the superstar would click photographs and take videos of them to make them feel like they are the 'best actors'.
Talking about SRK, Ananya 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'.
Ananya added that since birth she wanted to be an actor and her parents were well aware of it. The 20-year-old actress revealed that Shanaya, Suhana and she would imitate their mothers Maheep Kapoor, Gauri Khan and Bhavana Pandey respectively. “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," Ananya said.
Ananya is the first amongst the three girls to enter into Bollywood. She made her debut with the recently released SOTY2 co-starring Tiger Shroff and Tara Sutaria. Talking about Shanaya, she is currently working as an assistant director on her cousin Janhvi Kapoor's film Kargil Girl while Suhana is completing her higher education in film from London and shall enter into the industry after she finishes her studies.
Source: Times Now
