Why isn’t Navya Naveli Nanda following grandfather Amitabh Bachchan to Bollywood? 5 things to know about the Indian scion

Aug 19 , 2021

Navya Naveli Nanda was born into a Bollywood dynasty but is set on taking over the family engineering business and working on female empowerment. Photo: @navyananda/Instagram

Nanda comes from a film star dynasty: Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai are her uncle and aunt, but what about those Meezaan Jaffrey dating rumours?

She graduated from New York’s Fordham University in digital technology and UX design, and has launched projects dedicated to women’s health and empowerment

Young, beautiful and smart, Navya Naveli Nanda also comes from Bollywood royalty and, if she wanted, she could have her pick of starring roles. Instead, she studied in New York, returned to India and decided to take the reins of the family business.

Navya Naveli Nanda. Photo: @navyananda/Instagram

She also started a project aimed at empowering women, using her influence to gather support for the initiative. Despite shying away from the public eye, Nanda regularly makes headlines, whether due to her rumoured relationship with her movie star bae or her level-headed responses to haters. And her profile just keeps growing.

Her famous movie star family

Navya Naveli Nanda with her grandfather, Amitabh Bachchan. Photo: @navyananda/Instagram

Nanda is a household name in India thanks to her grandfather, acting icon Amitabh Bachchan and his actress/politician wife, Jaya Bachchan. That makes Abhishek Bachchan her uncle and Aishwarya Rai her aunt. But just because film runs in her family, that doesn’t mean Nanda is interested in following in their footsteps.

In an interview with Her Circle, Nanda said, “if people are going to watch me, they should watch me for the right reasons”.

According to Hindustan Times, she graduated from Fordham University in the Bronx, New York, with a major in digital technology and UX design. She then co-founded Aara Health, a company which focuses on women’s health, and also launched Project Naveli, telling Vogue she wanted to dedicate her time to fighting for gender equality.

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