'Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives': Who's Bhavna Pandey, what's her net worth? Meet designer who's afraid of ghost
If you watched the trailer of Netflix's latest offering 'Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives', then you might have definitely noticed Bhavna Pandey. In the trailer we see Bhavna revealing that she can never sleep alone due to her fear of ghosts! Aside from being a star wife and fearing ghosts, in case you're wondering what else is there to Bhavna, read on to know more about her.
Bhavna has established herself as a popular fashion designer and is a permanent fixture at Mumbai's party scenes. Bhavna graduated from Lady Shri Ram College in New Delhi, and went on to briefly pursue a career as an air hostess. She had her brush with fame after marrying actor Chunky Panday in January 1998. In the same year, she had a daughter with him. Their daughter, Ananya Panday is a popular Bollywood actress herself. Following her marriage to Chunky, the designer quite her job as air hostess, and turned her attention to food industry.
Alongside her husband, Bhavna opened a chain of restaurants across Mumbai that specialized in serving healthy food. Around the same time, she also began dabbling with fashion designing. She worked with several fashion brands, before finally starting her own. In 2018, Bhavna teamed up with her close friends Nandita Mathani and Dolly Sidhwani and started a clothing line called 'Lovegen'.
Bhavna clearly seems to have a strong affinity for entrepreneurship, for she even runs a company that organizes stage shows across India, called 'Bollywood Electric'. Considering she has her hands in several pies, you might be wondering about the net worth of Bhavna. According to reports, her estimated net worth is $20 million!
But things haven't always been peaches and cream for Bhavna and her husband. Although they both got married at the peak of his fame, following their marriage, Chunky witnessed a fall in his career. While he was going through a rough patch in his career, Bhavna is said to have encouraged her husband to turn his attention to Bengali films. He followed his wife's suggestion, and once again saw his fame and popularity soaring in the Bengali film industry. Of late, Chunky has made a return to Bollywood with comedic roles and is riding high on success.
'Fabulous Lives of Bollywood Wives' is available for streaming on Netflix.