Aneet Padda admits every production house in Hindi film industry has her “horrible biodata …

Saiyaara fame Aneet Padda’s journey into acting was never just a hobby—it was a calling. She has always approached performance with a natural curiosity and discipline. “Acting was this interesting way of being weird, but it was applauded,” she recalled her first stage performance at age 10 in her school in Amritsar during a chat with Cosmopolitan India. That applause left an indelible mark, validating a part of herself she had long felt was different. Aneet Padda admits every production house in Hindi film industry has her “horrible biodata and Snapchat-filtered pictures,” as she recalls sending cold emails to 50–70 of them Yet, the path to pursuing her passion was anything but straightforward. Adolescence brought self-doubt, compounded by a lack of encouragement from friends and even her father, who had once dreamed of acting himself. “For the longest time, I told myself ‘you are so silly for even wanting to do anything about this’. I stopped dreaming for a while,” Padda admits, reflecting on the moments she nearly let go of her aspirations. At 17, however, she resolved to take control. With a mixture of determination and humour, Padda began practising lines with friends—though she soon realised she had the
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