Chunky Panday, who is best known as ‘Aakhri Pasta’ from the Housefull series, is all set to gear up for an intense role in the upcoming web-series Griha Laxmi co-starring Hina Khan as Laxmi. The actor, during the promotions, had a candid conversation with Bollywood Hungama where he was seen discussing his real name Suyash. During the interaction, Chunky also revealed that there are very few people who address him with his real name.
EXCLUSIVE: Chunky Panday reveals all about his ‘real name’ and also the list of ‘people’ who call him by that name
Chunky Panday reveals why he doesn’t respond to his real name
When asked why he started being referred to as Chunky, the actor said, “Iske peeche alag alag stories hai. Logon ko lagta hai mera naam Chandraatma ya aisa kuch hoga (There are many stories behind this. People assume it is because my name is like Chandraatma or something like that)”. He further added that his real name is Suyash and continued, “Woh naam sirf mere school ke log jaante hai. Aur aaj kal airport ke security log bhi jaante hai – CISF wale. Woh bhi mera card dekh ke poochte hai ki arre aapka naam ‘Suyash Panday’ hai (Only my school people know me by that name and of course, now, the security and CISF officers at the airport. Even they were quite surprised when they saw my real name)?”.
Also, as Chunky was asked whether he reacts when he addressed as Suyash Panday, he vehemently denied it. Explaining the reason, he joked, “Kyunki honge woh mere school ke dost jinko mujhe paise dene hain (Its because they are the people I have to lend money to)”.
Chunky Panday recalls collecting money from his friends during school
In the conversation, the actor revealed that he was keen on producing a film in his sixth standard and had started collecting money from his friends. He recalled the time Sholay released and as he remembered the craze and hype around the film, he shared, “Mere papa ke paas uss waqt ek superhit film camera (aka video camera) hua karta tha. Main usse churake le gaya school mein aur doston ko kahan mere ki main ek film bana raha hoon aur jisko mere film mein kaam karna hai usko Rs. 500 ghar se laana hai (My father, at that time, had a video camera. I stole it and took it to school where I told my classmates that I am going to make a film and also told them that if they want to act in it, they have to pay Rs. 500 each).
He continued, “This was during 1975-76, when Rs. 500 was like Rs. 50,000. Sab ghar se, mummy-daddy se paise maang kar jod kar laaye. Maine bahut paise collect kiye tabhi. Aur woh film kabhi bani nahi (All of them collected that money, borrowed from their parents and gave it to me. But the film was never made).” He revealed how his friends remember that even today and added, “Aur woh dost jab aaj bhi milte hain tu poochte hain ‘paise kahan hai, tu toh hero bann gaya par hum abhi rukhe hain hero banne ke liye’ (Even now, when they meet me, they ask me about their money and say, ‘You have become a hero but we are still waiting for our turn’).”
Fans have loved Chunky’s on and off-screen sense of humour and the actor promises to entertain audiences with a wide variety of content ranging from films to web-series which are in the pipeline for release this year.
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