Ahaan Panday’s sister Alanna Panday is a well known influencer and YouTuber. In her recent vlog their mother Deanne Panday opened up about the premature birth of her son, Ahaan. Ahaan, who is also actress Ananya Panday’s cousin, was born 42 days early and faced serious complications right from the start.
Deanne recalled the tense moments leading to Ahaan’s birth, “Around 42 days before my due date, my water bags started leaking a little bit. And then it happened again, so we woke up dadi, and she called up a doctor, who said, ‘Take her to the hospital right now.’”
Due to the emergency, she underwent a C-section and Deanne further described how tiny Ahaan was when he was born, “They did a sonography, all the water had come out by then, and Ahaan was in one corner, curled up. They took me for an emergency C-section, and when they got Ahaan out, he was as small as a rat. They took him away, and I passed out.”
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Alanna mentioned that after birth, Ahaan was transported to the NICU in a cooler a thermocol box, “Mom missed a part. Ahaan was transported in a cooler. A thermocol box! This was back in the day, like 25 years ago. It’s such a filmy story.”
Deanne was then taken to Nanavati Hospital, where she faced the pain of being separated from her newborn. She shared, “They were keeping me away from my child, and I went down in a wheelchair, in a lot of pain, and they took me to the room… There was a little stick on his tiny leg because he had suffered a hairline fracture. This is what Ahaan has been through. I spent 10 days in hospital feeding him.”
On the work front, Ahaan is all set to make his Bollywood debut. Yash Raj Films has officially announced the romantic drama titled Saiyaara, which will mark the big screen debut of Ahaan. The film is set to hit theatres worldwide on July 18, 2025.
