Ananya Panday: I was bullied & called hunchback in school as I’m tall

Ananya Panday revealed she was bullied in school & called ‘hunchback’ because she had to bend down to hear people talk as she was very tall. “In school, I’d always be uncomfortable because my skirt would expose my thin, chicken legs,” she added. “This is the reason trolls don’t affect me, as I’ve been bullied in school,” Ananya further said.

In less than a day, we’ll finally get to see Chunky Panday’s eldest daughter Ananya Panday, make her big screen debut in Punit Malhotra’s Student of the Year 2. The film has had quite the buzz on social media ever since the makers dropped the trailer. The soon-to-be-star, Ananya won hearts when she made her on-screen debut on Karan Johar’s talk show Koffee With Karan season 6 after she appeared with her SOTY 2 co-stars Tiger Shroff & Tara Sutaria.

Ever since KJO had announced her in the cast, both the producer-director & Ananya have been subject to criticism thanks to trolls. Be it her physical appearance or the factor of nepotism, the star kid has been trolled with many kinds of criticism. However, she has remained strong & focused through the entire ordeal. But how has she been able to do so. Well, in an interview with media,

Ananya Panday revealed that trolls don’t affect her because of the experiences that she had while she was in school.

“In my school, we wore uniforms & couldn’t apply nail polish or kajal. I had so many problems like body issues, stress & exams. I am really skinny even though I eat like a beast. Everyone wants to have a curvy body & look a certain way, but I think now I am comfortable in my skin. In school, I would always be uncomfortable because my skirt would expose my thin, chicken legs & wiry hands. I would get called a hunchback as I am tall & would always bend down to hear people. This is the reason trolls don’t affect me, as I have been bullied in school,” – Ananya Panday said.

Surely, once you have been subject to such mean behaviour it does make you more thick-skinned than the rest or so it seems in Ananya Panday’s case. The actress-to-be, also recalled her first memory of Bollywood. It was with her friend, Suhana Khan when the two had visited the sets of My Name is Khan, which starred Shah Rukh Khan n Kajol & was directed by Karan Johar, who also happens to now be Ananya’s mentor.

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