Saiyaara Star Ahaan Panday Was 'Least Pampered', Slept In A Passageway: 'They'd See Me In My Towel'
Saiyaara Actor Ahaan Panday: Ahaan Panday might be riding high on the blockbuster success of Saiyaara, but things weren't always so shiny for him growing up. The 26-year-old actor, who made a splash with his debut in Mohit Suri's film, recently opened up in a YouTube video about some very humble beginnings inside a very full house.
Despite being the nephew of 80s star Chunky Panday and having a well-connected family, Ahaan said he often got the short end of the stick as a kid – starting with his bedroom. In a video appearance on sister Alanna Panday and her husband Ivor's channel, he revealed, 'I can't give you a specific one but I do know that I was the least pampered. I know that because I lived in a corridor for 7 years of my life."
Alanna, who has featured Ahaan in several of her videos before, quickly jumped in to clarify. 'It was not a corridor. It was a room built." But Ahaan was clear on the layout. 'It was a room built in a corridor. It was a corridor first. One side was the exit, and the other side were my dad and Dadi's bedrooms. I was in the passageway. Everyone would see me in my towel everyday."
Now living in a four-storey home built by his father Chikki Panday in Mumbai, Ahaan shared that the mansion comes with its own game room and separate staff flats – a long way from his makeshift bedroom growing up.
The video also saw Alanna reflect on their joint family life, which included not just her immediate family but also Chunky, Bhavana Panday (known from Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives), and cousins Ananya and Rysa Panday. 'We lived in a joint family. There's limited space. Would you rather live in a joint family full of love than have your own space and live separately?" she said. Ahaan nodded in agreement, adding, 'It was great. I won't have it any other way."
While the behind-the-scenes stories from his childhood have been getting attention online, Ahaan's career is already hitting major milestones. Saiyaara has raked in over Rs 105 crore in just four days – a rare feat for a debut film in recent years.
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