Ananya Panday Reveals Alanna Panday & Ivor McCray Inspired Her Character in CTRL

Ananya Panday and Vihaan Samat have played a content creator couple who document their relationship on YouTube in Vikramaditya Motwane's new screenlife thriller CTRL. Now, Ananya has opened up about her inspiration for the role.

"Alanna & Her Husband Are Couple Bloggers"

In an exclusive conversation with Bollywood Hungama, she said, "I see a lot of influencers, but my cousin Alanna and her husband are couple bloggers. They make vlogs about everything – from when they met, to their wedding, to her pregnancy, and even her journey with their baby. They've covered it all on their YouTube channel."

She added,  "Watching them was a close-to-home reference, helping me understand the sacrifices required to be a public figure, especially when your life is exposed even more than an actor's."

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About Alanna Panday:

Alanna Panday is content creator. She is the daughter of Chikki Panday, the brother of Ananya's father and actor Chunky Panday. She documents her life online with her husband, Ivor McCray. They resort to creative ways to announce their life's milestones, including their wedding and recently becoming parents to a baby boy, whom they named River. Alanna also made her streaming debut recently as part of Prime Video India's reality show on social media influencers, The Tribe, produced by Dharmatic Entertainment, the digital wing of Karan Johar's Dharma Productions.

Alanna Panday is currently embracing motherhood. Speaking about the same, she told Hindustan Times, "It really has been one of the best experiences of our life. Everyone always said having a baby shows you a different type of love, and they were right. We feel so grateful and blessed to have such a beautiful baby boy."

On the Work Front:

Alanna Panday is appearing in the reality series The Tribe, produced by Karan Johar's Dharmatic Entertainment. The series also features Alaviaa Jaaferi, Srushti Porey, Aryaana Gandhi, Alfia Jafry and Hardik Zaveri.