Chunky Panday on his 'low phase': I kept my ego inside, didn't want Ananya on my sets

Chunky Panday opened up recently about the low phase of his career when he didn’t want daughter Ananya Panday to come on his sets. The actor recalled the time when he stopped getting work in films and had to take up multiple jobs in order to survive.

During a conversation with Ananya on the We Are Yuvaa YouTube channel, Chunky said, “Why you never came on set was because when your mom and I got married, I was in that low phase. I had just returned from Bangladesh and was trying to get work for myself. I never got into that thing of calling you on the set or mom on the set, and it just stayed that way.”

He revealed how he had stopped getting work in films in the 90's, and Ananya asked if he ever felt like he had reached the end. Chunky replied, “Yes, of course, the end means musical chairs were happening, and when the music stops, you don’t have a seat. Right after Aankhen, I actually had no work. The only film I got after that was Teesra Kaun. It completely dried up after that. So, I landed up going to Bangladesh and doing movies there. Luckily, those worked. I kind of made that my home for four-five years.”

He added, “I didn’t stop working; I opened an events company there and started doing events. I started dealing in land, buying properties. Imagine going house to house, trying to do things. I kept my ego inside and said that I needed to survive. So, I learnt a lot during this process. I have been flat broke.”

Chunky was seen recently in Vijay 69, which starred Anupam Kher in the lead. It released on Netflix on November 8.