Bhavana Pandey shares secret to a happy married life with Chunky Panday

Reality TV star and entrepreneur Bhavana Pandey, who was recently seen in Netflix’s third season of Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives, spoke exclusively to India Today Digital about modern-day dating, disclosed her secret to a happy married life with husband and actor Chunky Panday, and discussed her daughter Ananya Panday’s career.
Speaking on her bond with husband Chunky and her secret sauce for a happy married life, Bhavana shared, “I think the most important thing to lead a happy, married life or to maintain any relationship is friendship. Chunky and I will always be friends first. I always tell my daughters and even to every young girl out there, it’s important to first be friends with your partner. Love and everything is beautiful. There will be moments when you’re madly in love and then there could also be times when you don’t like them so much. But, if friendship is the core, then that would never go.”
“Friendships stays constant, unless you have hurt someone really bad, then there’s no going back. Now that I have been married for 27 years, I can safely say that Chunky is my best friend. He will always be my go-to person for anything and everything,” added Bhavana.
Discussing about the kind of partner Chunky Panday is, Bhavana said, “He’s a very chilled out guy. He literally gave me wings to fly. In fact, Chunky, gave me more freedom than even my parents did. My father was very strict, but Chunky wasn’t like that. He gave me the freedom to do whatever I wanted to, whether it is to hang out with my male friends, or go to parties or even the smallest of things, and all of this is only because we are best friends first. I realised this right in the beginning that this friendship is so important because he let me be. It all sounds very trivial right now, but then again, I’m talking about a very different era. Another thing that’s very important is respect. Respect is a two-way street. While a man needs to respect his woman, it’s also the woman who really needs to respect her man. If there’s friendship and respect, then every marriage or any relationship can survive.”
During the interaction, Bhavana also opened up about her daughter and actor Ananya Panday. She discussed her acting choices and said, “It’s very strange, because recently Ananya and I were talking, and she was telling me that people have been telling her that she has been doing roles that are related to the Internet or are social media-centric. Strangely, her last few roles have been around that. It’s been called a trilogy almost where she’s kind of doing similar things. But, it’s a reality today, it’s not about it being similar, it’s the world we are living in,” the reality TV star signed off.
Fabulous Lives vs Bollywood Wives is currently streaming on Netflix.