Ananya Panday introduces her new furry friends in the cutest way ever

Actress Ananya Panday introduced her Insta Fam to her two new fur babies on Saturday — Honey and Thumper. However, the “CTRL” actress has now decided to change the name of one of her furry friends. Ananya revealed through one of her latest social media posts that from now on, Thumper will be called Lemon. She took to the Stories section of her official Instagram handle and posted a cute picture of her new four-legged friend, along with the text, “Hi sorry my name has officially changed to Lemon now!!! No Thumper (sic).” On Saturday, Ananya took to her Insta Stories and uploaded an adorable picture of herself posing with her new pets.

She looked cute in a blue nightdress as she held Honey and Thumper (Now Lemon) in bed. The text overlay on the sweet photo read, “Say hello to my little boys Honey and Thumper”, followed by a red heart, evil eye, and flower emoji. It must be noted that Ananya is already a pet mom to her fur baby, Riot.

In February 2025, she treated the netizens with glimpses from the first birthday celebration of Riot. Ananya took to her Instagram and shared a video where she was seen holding Riot and cutting the birthday cake. She also added the track “Baar Baar Din Ye Aaye — Happy Birthday To You” by Mohammed Rafi in the backdrop. “Happy 1st birthday to my baby jaan RIOT... thank you for making me the happiest girl in the world,” she captioned the post. Refreshing your memory, Ananya introduced Riot on social media back in 2024 with another cute post.

Meanwhile, Ananya had shared a glimpse of her fun-filled shoot with filmmaker-choreographer Farah Khan, revealing why she loves working with her “bestie.” Ananya took to her Instagram stories to post a video of Farah serving her popular Yakhni pulao to the actress and her team. In the clip, Farah is seen plating the aromatic pulao, surrounded by vanity lights, as she chats during what appears to be a shoot session.

Sharing the candid moment, Ananya wrote, “Love shooting with my bestie @farahkhankunder,” expressing her affection for the filmmaker.

Responding to Ananya’s post, Farah reposted the video and wrote, “N I love getting food for my #bff @ananyapanday #callmebae.”

The hashtag “Call Me Bae” caught attention, as it hints at their upcoming collaboration for the second season. “Call Me Bae” is a comedy drama television series written by Ishita Moitra, Samina Motlekar and Rohit Nair directed by Colin D’Cunha. It also stars Vir Das, Gurfateh Pirzada, Varun Sood, Vihaan Samat, Muskkaan Jaferi, Niharika Lyra Dutt, Lisa Mishra and Mini Mathur. The show follows Bella, downsized from heiress to hustler. She discovers her most valuable assets aren’t her diamonds, but her street-smart style; broke, but refusing to be broken, she navigates the newsrooms of Mumbai and her better self while breaking news. She will next be seen in “Chand Mera Dil”, which was announced last year in November.

Indo-Asian News Service