During the promotions of student of the year 2, ananya said, “We have done some really weird things (growing up). Shah Rukh (Khan) sir always used to encourage us and do photoshoots with us. He would take our videos and make us feel like we are the best actors. He would show them to everyone and say: Look what they did.”

Meanwhile, ananya recently made headlines after videos of her spending time with Aditya went viral. In one of the videos, ananya was seen holding on to Aditya’s arm and resting her head on his shoulder while they chatted with a common friend. Suhana Khan penned a sweet birthday wish for ananya Panday on her 25th birthday. The Archies actress, who is also the daughter of Shah Rukh Khan, took to her instagram Stories and shared three photos with the dream girl 2 star along with her birthday note for her. She followed it up with an unseen photo featuring ananya and her sister, Rysa. “Love you forever and ever,” Suhana wrote.

ananya has been best friends with Suhana and Shanaya since they were kids. ananya has also once said that she treats Shah Rukh Khan as her second father. “SRK is like my second dad. He is my best friend’s dad so we used to go with him for all the IPL matches. Only Suhana (Shah Rukh Khan’s daughter) and Shanaya (Sanjay Kapoor’s daughter) are my close friends from the industry and we share everything,” she told

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