Chunky Panday buys clothes from women’s section, says daughter Ananya steals his shirts: ‘My parents really wanted a daughter’ | Bollywood News

Chunky Panday buys clothes from women’s section, says daughter Ananya steals his shirts: ‘My parents really wanted a daughter’ | Bollywood News

Chunky Panday is best known for his comic characters and he likes to play them in an over the top fashion that is usually appreciated by his fans. Not just his choice of characters, but even his fashion choices are seen as out of the ordinary and in a recent interview, Chunky shared that it is mainly because he likes to shop from the women’s section. Chunky said that as a baby, his mother dressed him as a girl and that has stayed with him, and it continues to influence his fashion.

In a chat with Mashable India, Chunky said that his parents were preparing for a daughter when he was born. “My parents really wanted a daughter. They were not ready to have a son. My mother did her shopping for a girl so all my baby pictures have me wearing a frock, a bindi with small earrings… looking like a sweet girl. After two years, I became a boy,” he said.

Chunky said that since the first four years of a person’s life are seen as impressionable, it was during this time that he “fell in love with girls’ clothes.” This has stayed with him till date as he continues to shop from women’s section. “Even today, when I shop, I pick things up from the women’s section. Sometimes the clothes are all mixed up so when I ask for the price of a particular item, they assume I am buying it for someone else. They say 'yeh ladies you hai. I have this affinity for girls clothes,” he said and added, “I fell that my art, my energy, it’s a feminine force.”

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In the same chat, Chunky said that his daughter Ananya likes to raid his closet and borrow a few of his clothes. He said that she usually doesn’t return the things she borrows and turns them into her night wear. So now, he sends her the screenshots of the things he is planning to buy and based on her reaction, he decides if he wants to go ahead with the purchase.

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