Ananya Panday Talks About Being ‘Toxic Positive’: There Has To Be Sadness To Balance Out

Anaya Panday has lent her voice to the upcoming Disney movie Inside Out 2. At a promotional event for the film, the actress reflected on her journey in cinema till now. She spoke about ‘toxic positivity’ as well as the fear that constantly engulfs her. 

Ananya Panday talks about the myth of ‘toxic positivity’ 

On June 7, Ananya Panday attended the promotional event for the animated movie Inside Out 2. The actress said it is not easy to feel “toxic positive” all the time. She told the media, “It is one aspect that tied into really what I have been speaking about quite some time. We can’t just feel toxic positive all of a sudden. We have to feel all the emotions, there has to be sadness to balance out happiness.” 

The 25-year-old actor said when she was starting out, she realised that she would never be able to make fear go away. She added, “As a young actor who started out when she was 18, there was fear and there always will be fear. Putting yourself out there can be scary and fearful. Someone once told me that by not being yourself you might get 100 people to like you but being yourself even if five people like you in the long run, then is much more fulfilling. And that is what I try to go by as it will give me joy.” 

Ananya Panday talks about lending her voice to Inside Out 2 

Ananya Panday, also known for movies such as Gehraiyaan and Dream Girl 2, said the experience of dubbing for the Hindi version of Inside Out 2 was quite liberating. She shared, “When I dub for a character I’m playing, I usually do a lot of overthinking because I think about the back story and emotions during the shoot. When I dubbed for this, I realised I am a teenage girl and I just have to think how I was as a teenager.”

The actress also mentioned watching Inside Out again to understand the character better. She said, “I watched Inside Out again to get the little back story of Riley. I enjoyed it a lot. I was very free and wasn’t tied into doing something specific.” Inside Out 2 is directed by Kelsey Mann. The English version of the film is voiced by Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke, Liza Lapira, Tony Hale, Lewis Black, Phyllis Smith, Ayo Edebiri, Lilimar, Grace Lu, Sumayyah Nuriddin-Green, Adele Exarchopoulos, Diane Lane, Kyle MacLachlan, Paul Walter Hauser and Yvette Nicole Brown.