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Actress Ananya Panday a bubbly youngster was born on October 30 1998 to veteran actor Chunky Panday and his wife Bhavna Pandey. As she had said in her previous birthday special article that she wishes to move away from “doing mother-daughter films with Chunky”. With a strong and confident start in Bollywood she is all set to continue the legacy of her father and the Panday family while also trying to create a niche of her own. A lively debut and a growing career Stepping into the cinematic world with Karan Johar’s Student of the Year 2 in 2019 Ananya made her presence known.Since then she has played roles as diverse as the bubbly college girl in Pati Patni Aur Woh to the thrilling protagonist in the Netflix original CTRL (2024). Her 2023 film Dream Girl 2 not only brought her commercial success but reinforced the fact that she is here to stay. The glitz glam and growing net worth In just about 6 years in the public eye Ananya has earned a good amount of money. As per recent reports the actress has a net worth of approximately ₹74 crore. She charges about ₹3 crore per film ₹50-60 lakh for every brand endorsement or Instagram post and is the proud owner of multiple luxury cars including the Range Rover HSE and Mercedes-Benz E-Class sedan.She recently invested in a new apartment in Bandra West Mumbai. Beyond the sparkles: The journey behind the scenes But it hasn’t always been easy for Ananya. In her journey she has opened up on how the industry had labelled her as “too skinny” and is unapologetically vocal about the unnecessary criticism she has received on social media. When she faced trolling early on in her career she launched a digital initiative to show her eagerness to take on the spotlight for change. Stepping into the larger frame For her next projects Ananya will reunite with Kartik Aaryan for the romantic drama Tu Meri Main Tera set for a release on Dec 31 2025 and is working on a project called Chand Mera Dil whose release date has not been announced yet. In keeping with the young spirit the birthday celebration began a day early for Ananya. From gym-cake pictures to cheekily captioned “Please wish me tomorrow also” to the actual day’s cake cutting on-sets and selfies with the cake candles amidst her gym session Ananya has been keeping it real. From the determination to overcome initial hurdles to sharing a slice of life on her special day Ananya Panday is as much about the dream as she is about the reality of it. At 27 she isn’t just living the Bollywood dream - she’s redefining it.