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Chunky Panday’s daughter Ananya Panday made her Bollywood debut with ‘Student Of The Year 2’ in 2019.
Since her debut, the newbie has been facing media trolls, online bullying, and mean comments.
Recently, during a candid chat with Bollywood Bubble, the ‘Khaali Peeli’ actress opened up on being body-shamed for her skinny figure and all the mean comments that she has received.
She also revealed how those mean comments like- “flatscreen”, “hunchback”, “toothpick legs” affected her confidence.
“I don’t remember the exact time but I remember there used to be pictures of me with my parents. At that time, I wasn’t an actor. I would go out with my parents and as I said, I was very thin. People used to say I look like a boy, a flatscreen and all those kinds of things,” she says.
She further continued, adding, “At that time, it did hurt because those are the times when you are forming your self-confidence and you are learning to love yourself. And then, when you feel like someone else is pulling you down, you start doubting yourself, the way you look, and everything. But I feel like now, slowly, I am reaching a point where I am just focussing on accepting myself.”
“If that is sorted and that is my foundation then nothing can hurt me since I am at peace with myself and I love myself. I am not saying it has happened. It is an ongoing process but I feel this realization is more important than what anyone else says,” the 22-year-old concluded.
In 2019, Ananya Panday launched her digital initiative ‘So Positive’ against social media bullying.
