Chunky Panday on Ananya Panday’s relationship with Aditya Roy Kapur: ‘She’s free to do what she wants’

Actor Chunky Panday, in a recent interview, discussed his daughter Ananya Panday's relationship with actor Aditya Roy Kapur. Speaking with Lehren Retro, Chunky stated that he has no issue with Ananya talking openly about her boyfriend, expressing that she is free to do as she pleases.

When Chunky was asked what he felt about Ananya talking about her relationship with Aditya Roy Kapur, he said: ‘I mean it’s fine. I think she is 25, she is earning more money than I did. She is free to do what she wants. How dare I tell my 25 year old daughter what to do.’

Ananya Panday and Aditya Roy Kapur grabbed headlines last year with viral pictures from their vacations in Spain and elsewhere. They have since been seen together at various events.

The actor also mentioned the conflict of interest they face regarding film-related advice.

‘I am from the old school. Mujhe commercial cinema bohot pasand hai. Mere sabse jyada jhagre jo Ananya ke saath hote hai where I tell her you need to do commercial cinema (I love commercial cinema and my fights with Ananya is trying to tell her to do more of those kinds of roles). She tells, ‘Papa mein karungi (I will do it, Dad). Lekin (But) first let me establish myself as an actor.’ We never thought of all that in our age,’ he said.

Chunky and Ananya’s work front

Ananya made her debut in ‘Student of the Year 2’ with Tiger Shroff and Tara Sutaria. Her latest films include ‘Kho Gaye Hum Kahan’ with Siddhanth Chaturvedi and Adarsh Gourav. She has ‘Call Me Bae’ and ‘The Untold Story of C Sankaran Nair’ in the pipeline.

Chunky Panday was last seen in the web series ‘Pop Kaun?’.

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