Anupamaa’s Sudhanshu Pandey needs no introduction. A popular face on television since the 90s, he’s been everywhere. Modeling, music, acting, reality TV, you name it, he has aced it. He was most recently seen in The Traitors on Amazon Prime Video, but it’s the TV show Anupamaa which made him a primetime television household name.
During a recent interview for Varinder Chawla’s YouTube channel, the actor deep dived into his childhood, claiming his upbringing is what has kept him humble and grounded.
“I think the biggest strength for people like me is the background we come from and that background is a very simple, middle-class background. I have always felt that has been my strength because I have known my reality. I know where I come from and where I belong,” he said.
Just moments after the ‘middle class’ comment, Sudhanshu Pandey spoke about his growing years in his hometown and his paternal home, which is a haveli!
“My parental house was in a place called Gorakhpur. We are originally from Uttarakhand but my parental house was in Gorakhpur and it was a 30-room haveli. We used to have cows so I came from that background. Yet, we were all middle-class simple people,” he revealed.
“The simplicity that came to me from my parents and our life, was so basic and simple that that is what my foundation was. And I think because that foundation was so strong, it never let me get shaken up at any given point in life,” he added.
Sudhanshu Pandey started his career as a model. In 2000, he made his Bollywood debut in the film Khiladi 420. Since then, he starred in a number of films, such as Singh Is Kinng, Dus Kahaniyaan, Siyaasat, and Bypass Road. He was also an integral member of India’s first boy band, A Band of Boys. He also featured in web series like The Empire and The Traitors on Amazon Prime Video.
