Showing posts with label Alanna Panday. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alanna Panday. Show all posts
Ahaan Panday to shoot high-energy dance track in Ali Abbas Zafar’s next
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Ahaan Panday and Ananya Panday dancing to ‘Saat Samundar’ at Alanna Panday’s sangeet; (right) Ahaan dancing to ‘I Am The Best’
Ahaan Panday to embrace his commercial hero era with a high-energy dance track in Ali Abbas Zafar’s next, he is set to undergo an intense prep for the dance number
Mohar Basu (MID-DAY; May 20, 2026)
He is not an internet star, but even before he broke out with Saiyaara (2025), Ahaan Panday was already being talked about. The reason? His dance videos from sister Alanna Panday’s wedding had gone viral. While everyone expected Yash Raj Films (YRF) and Mohit Suri to cash in on it in his debut film, the director opted to keep his character intense. But here’s the clincher — fans wanted to see him dance. So, in his second, yet-untitled film directed by Ali Abbas Zafar, Ahaan will play the quintessential larger-than-life hero, complete with dance numbers.
“Ahaan, [who is currently shooting in the UK], is going to can a dance number next month, prep for which is underway. A four-day shoot for the song is being planned in Manchester. The sequence will show Ahaan in his effortless best and that’s how Aditya Chopra and Ali want to present him onscreen,” informs a source, adding that the shoot will happen at the end of the UK schedule.
YRF will lock a top choreographer for the number in the next few days “because the visual and dance forms have to be unlike anything YRF has done before”.
“Apart from daily dance rehearsals, he has also been working on stamina, body conditioning, camera [placements], music beats, expressions, signature hooksteps, and building the effortless swagger needed for a big Bollywood hero song since the number is designed as a high-energy commercial track mounted on a large scale,” adds the source.
Vidyut Jammwal, Nandita Mahtani are not together anymore?
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HINDUSTAN TIMES (March 18, 2023)
Actor Vidyut Jammwal and fashion designer Nandita Mahtani, who were apparently planning to get married this year, are not together anymore, suggest reports. Their breakup was also apparent when Jammwal, 42, and Mahtani, 51, reportedly arrived at actor Ananya Panday’s cousin, Alanna Panday’s wedding separately and maintained a distance from each other. Jammwal’s reclusive nature reportedly led to the breakup.
In 2021, the Khuda Haafiz (2020) actor posted a picture with Mahtani in front of the Taj Mahal in Agra (Uttar Pradesh). While the ring on her finger led to murmurs about their engagement, they never admitted to being in a relationship. While Jammwal has been linked with actor Mona Singh in the past, Mahtani was linked with multiple Bollywood celebs, including actors Ranbir Kapoor and Sanjay Kapoor.
Despite repeated attempts, Jammwal and Mahtani didn’t respond to our calls and texts.
If you have inner peace, everything else falls into place: Deanne Panday to daughter Alanna ahead of her wedding
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Deanne Panday daughter Alanna is getting married later this week
Aastha Atray Banan (MID-DAY; March 12, 2023)
When you come from a family of actors and fitness enthusiasts, the art of “looking good” often runs in your veins. Alanna Panday, daughter of wellness expert Deanne and Chikki Panday, and cousin to Ananya Panday, may not be an actor, but the model and influencer (she has one million followers on Instagram), has the aesthetics down pat. And now, she is getting married to film director Ivor McCray. Panday, who is based in LA, and was swept off her feet by a beach proposal by McCray, has decided to get married in Mumbai. “I have been focused on preparing my family for the trip since they have never left the US before,” McCray tells us. “I am too excited to have an Indian wedding! I think everyone knows that Indians have the best weddings.” What we wanted to know as well is how Deanne and Alanna stay fit, and fabulous.
Excerpts from an interview:
Alanna, how did you break it to your mom that you were getting married. And Deanne, what were your first thoughts?
Alanna: I didn’t need to break the news; they always knew since we came down for the first time with Ivor. My mom helped Ivor plan it all. So she was in on it.
Deanne: Oh, I was super emotional that my baby girl has grown up and is now getting married. I’m so glad she found Ivor. They are just a perfect balance for each other.
Weddings are hectic… not just for the body, but also for the mind. Alanna, you are a model, so you know how to keep fit. What are some of the things you have learnt from mom about fitness?
Alanna: What has stuck with me, which mom keeps emphasizing, is the importance of eating right and eating healthy. Even if you skip the gym, or aren’t as active, if you eat clean, it’s all okay. That advice works in times like these! I actually haven’t been going to the gym at all. Ivor and I are very active usually, but the wedding has been so hectic, that we haven’t even been able to get one short workout. We are eating well, and hopefully we don’t look tired at the wedding.
Deanne: I think what I have passed down is to think positive, to be nice and warm to everyone around, and to have faith that everything happens for the best. When you have inner peace, anything in life is possible and can be tackled.
What has been the prep for the wedding, especially regarding skincare and fitness?
Alanna: I haven’t done much other than get some facials. And also IV therapy (a medical technique that administers fluids, medications and nutrients directly into a person’s vein) as that really works for me—not just in giving me an energy boost, but it makes my skin glow.
Aesthetically, what did you both want the wedding to stand for?
Alanna: Since Ivor and I travel a lot, we took inspiration from our travels. Our haldi is inspired by an Italian farmer’s market. Our mehendi is a tropical rainforest theme, and the wedding is also a forest theme, as we love nature. We wanted to do stuff to give back, so each vendor is tied up to an NGO, and everything is sustainable.
Is working out an important part of your relationship?
Alanna: Back in LA, it’s very important. We work out six times a week, and don’t even rest on the seventh day. We probably do Yin Yoga, or take a steam bath. If gym gets boring, we take boxing classes or some such thing.
As she gets married, what’s your biggest piece of advice for Alanna?
Deanne: To love unfathomably and make the best memories in this beautiful lifetime.
Alanna, what do you think your parents’ marriage has taught you?
Alanna: I think in a world where relationships have become so fast-paced, and dating can become so casual, they have shown me that true love does exist. My mom was my father’s first girlfriend, and they were each other’s first everything. And they are still together, strong, and it’s very cute. They may not be as lovey-dovey as they used to be, but they are best friends and inseparable. That’s the best.
Ananya is a Diwali baby because her birthday is always around the festival-Chunky Panday
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Unlike her ‘naughty’ father, Chunky Panday, Ananya Panday has always been ‘very scared’ of firecrackers. And he feels lucky his daughters are ‘calmer’ than him
Prashant Singh (HINDUSTAN TIMES; October 27, 2019)
They are yet to share the screen-space in a film. After all, Ananya Panday is just one film old [her debut film being this year’s Student Of The Year 2]. But then, what’s a better occasion than Diwali to do something new. And that’s exactly what we decided to do by bringing together father-daughter duo, Ananya and Chunky Panday for an exclusive Diwali special shoot, at the Panday household in Bandra. “It’s lot of fun [to be with my dad]. In fact, whenever we are together, things are chilled out as both of us are extremely comfortable with each other. It doesn’t feel like ‘work’ when I’m working with dad,” says Ananya, even as Chunky quips that wife and daughter always “give him tuitions” before any interview. Excerpts from a chat:What does Diwali mean to you?
Chunky: Family, lots of food, sweets, [symbolising the start of a] New Year, a bit of card parties and, of course, the pooja-paath.
Ananya: In our family — not just us but even my cousins, uncles and aunts — we celebrate every festival: be it Christmas, Easter, Eid, Diwali or our birthdays. But Diwali is really special as everyone really comes together on this festival. For us, it’s absolutely necessary that we all go to everyone’s houses, and light diyas. That has been a long-standing tradition for us. When we were younger, I would enjoy phuljharis, but I have always been very scared of firecrackers. That’s why, I always urge people not to burst crackers.
Chunky: I just don’t believe in burning money (laughs). You should rather give it for charity or something.
Ananya: Also, firecrackers are bad for the environment and we have dogs at home, too, who get very scared during Diwali. So, the only thing that we are against [during the festival] is firecrackers. Also, we live near a hospital so anyway, we all were never allowed to burst firecrackers.
Any special Diwali memories from the childhood?
Ananya: Enjoying phuljharis is the first thing that I can think of from my childhood Diwali days. I was, and still am very scared of fire. One thing that I’ll never forget is how my cousin, Ahaan, and his friends would scare me. Once, I remember, they egged me on to light a rocket, and also came with me, but right before I could light it up, they all left me alone and ran away.
Chunky: Ananya is a Diwali baby because her birthday is always around the festival (smiles). I feel Diwali has become very quiet and subdued now in the sense that we don’t see as many people burst crackers and go crazy about them. But as a kid, we grew up believing that burning crackers was the only way to celebrate the festival.
Ananya: For me, another special memory of Diwali is me, my younger sister, Rysa and my cousin, Alanna dressing up in similar clothes. We would wear the same kind of salwar-kameez. Also, we’d eat a lot of barfis, kaju katlis, visit everyone’s homes and I would also make rangolis.
Chunky: My memories are about doing some really crazy things including throwing crackers at people. At times, we would light up rockets and they would enter people’s houses and cars. Once, when I was about six, living with my grand mom at that time, the house caught fire due to my crackers. Fire brigade was called in, and I got a pasting of my life (laughs). I used to be a real naughty and rough kid when it came to such things. Luckily, I have daughters, who are much calmer (smiles).
Ananya, as compared to the last Diwali, you are celebrating this one as a Bollywood actor. How does it feel?
Ananya: This time, for a change, I had to plan my work schedules around Diwali. Luckily, I am not shooting on the Diwali day and I don’t think anyone would want to do that. But I am working a day before Diwali and then two days post that. But usually, we used to have a week long holiday when I was in school. So, for me, technically, this is a sort of working Diwali. I love my work, so hopefully, I will have a working birthday as well since I’ll be promoting Pati Patni Aur Woh around that time. I feel that will be a great way to ring in my 21st birthday.
Chunky: She has got very busy after the film’s [Student Of The Year 2] release. Just as a father, I feel that this is the age when she should be in a college, maybe study abroad and have fun as she’s just 20. But then, I feel being busy is a great thing. So, there are no complaints about that. On the contrary, I am really happy about it. She recently got an award and I went on the stage to give her that. So, Karan [Johar; filmmaker] asked me to say something ‘emotional’ but I couldn’t, as I knew I’d have started crying if I did. Instead, I cracked jokes on stage.
Both of you are successful as well as busy in your respective careers. But still, any special Diwali wish?
Ananya: It may sound cheesy but I want to stay this happy for the rest of my life because I am really happy and excited right now. Be it work, personal life, friends and family – everything is just perfect. Also, it’s amazing that my dad and I are working at the same time [in the film industry].
Chunky: Sometimes, I feel like asking Ananya, ‘why are you so happy (smiles)?’ I think thanks to her exciting demeanour, she also makes people around her happy. And that’s a great, positive thing to radiate. As for the wish, I pray that all my films do well, but my daughter’s films should do even better. Earlier, I’d pray, ‘may my films work.’ But now, the prayers have changed. I’m sure every parent wants their kid to excel.
Many rue the fact that festivals, especially Diwali, don’t have the same zeal and passion around them…
Ananya: In our house, Diwali will always be the same as we have diyas, lights, rangolis and also our parties to go to. Plus, there will always be an excitement about the outfit and ghar ka pooja. As for not burning crackers, that’s a very smart and sensible decision. The excitement and happiness should be intact but minus the pollution.
Chunky: For us, Diwali is a big traditional festival. So, we still buy new clothes and do the same things that we have always done.
Ananya: And this year, we also have a Diwali release [Housefull 4]. So, that adds a lot of excitement.
Chunky: Yes, it’s the first-ever Diwali release of my career.
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