Ananya Panday reveals she faced hurtful suggestions like 'get a boob job or change something about your face' in her early days

Despite being a star kid actor Ananya Panday ’s dream of becoming an actor was not a cakewalk, the opportunities did not come her way that easily. Also, she had to face people’s hurtful suggestions during her early days in the industry.

The 23-year-old actor made her debut with Karan Johar ’s Student of The Year. In a recent interview, she revealed that being the daughter of Chunky Panday did not make her acting journey any easier. “I was never promised anything or spoken to about any opportunities. I always wanted to become an actor but I never knew how am I going to become one. I never thought it was going to be easy.” she told on YouTube Show, The Ranveer Show.

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Further, the Pati Patni Aur Woh actress shared that she had to face casual sexism during her initial days in the film industry. Because of her lean and thin body, people used to suggest she ‘fill up a little more.’ “As soon as I started working, people started saying things like ‘you should fix this and fix that, like get a boob job or change something about your face. And, it is said very casually and not in direct words that you sometimes even don’t pick it up. They would say, ‘just fill up a little more. Put on some weight.” she revealed.

Irked by people’s hurtful suggestions, Ananya expressed, “Is that what people really care about? Is that what I am reduced to? Is there nothing about me paramount to my waist size or chest size? The worst thing you can do to someone is judging them for their body.”

On the work front, Ananya was last in Shakun Batra ’s Gehraiyaan alongside Deepika Padukone , Siddhant Chaturvedi, and Dhairya Karwa . She will next be seen in Liger co-starring Vijay Deverakonda and in Kho Gaye Hum Kahan opposite Adarsh Gaurav and Siddhant Chaturvedi.