Ananya Panday, who recently impressed audiences with her roles as ‘Bae’ and ‘Nella,’ is celebrating her 26th birthday today. Recently, the actress shared a special post on her Instagram and revealed that she has always been a “birthday kinda girl” by sharing a video from her childhood birthday celebration and a picture from her birthday party today. She is seen posing with her parents, Bhavana Pandey and Chunky Panday, in the pictures and videos. Alongside, the actress expressed her gratitude to her friends and fans who sent their well wishes.

Ananya has never shied away from expressing her true self publicly, and her social media posts reflect this. Today, on her 26th birthday, her Instagram posts show how much she enjoys celebrating her birthday. In the first picture, she poses with her parents at her birthday party before cutting the cake, as they hold their daughter close to them.

Next, she shared a video of her birthday party from childhood, where she similarly clung to her parents as a little girl. In the third picture, she gives a clear glimpse of her birthday cake, which features a picture of her posing with her dog.

However, the highlight of the cake was a quote, which is the popular dialogue from Kareena Kapoor’s character ‘Poo’ in Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham, symbolizing self-love.

In the fourth picture, she snuggles with her pet dog, and the last picture is from the Liger actress’s birthday celebration at work, which included a cake-cutting activity. All the pictures reflect how much Panday enjoyed her day.

Sharing the pictures, she captioned them: “Always been a birthday kinda girl, thank you for the love, blessings, and good wishes.”

Earlier in the day, she hosted a birthday party with her friends, including Orry, Navya Naveli Nanda, and Alizeh Agnihotri. She was also joined by her rumored beau, Walker Blanco. Her father, Chunky Panday, recorded her cutting the cake, and her mom, Bhavana, joined in as well.

On her work front, Ananya Panday had an impressive year with the release of her debut web series Call Me Bae, co-starring Vir Das, Vihaan Samat, and more.

The actress received a lot of love for her role and was last seen in Vikramaditya Motwane’s CTRL. Meanwhile, she will be seen in Shankara, co-starring Akshay Kumar and R. Madhavan.

Tom Hanks is all for looking younger on screen, but the process of digital de-aging is “kooky” to him. At the premiere of AFI Fest in Los Angeles on Friday, October 25, Hanks, who used digital retouching for his upcoming film Here, chatted with PEOPLE on the red carpet and shared his thoughts on the matter. “It’s good to look young again,” he said, before adding, “It’s not great to be young again.”

The two-time Oscar winner reunites with Forrest Gump director Robert Zemeckis and co-star Robin Wright in the upcoming film Here. Hanks and Wright play Richard and Margaret Young through various ages as the story chronicles their home life. “It was kooky. That was the gimmicky kind of aspect of it,” Hanks confessed. 

Makeup can cover up to a certain extent, but “this other super-fast-filter computer” made it an instant process. They didn’t have to wait for post-production to see themselves look young on screen. It was a fun part of the filmmaking process, but the part that was most challenging—both physically and emotionally—was filming the older versions of Richard and Margaret. 

“When the aging process just begins to kick in, and you no longer are able to spring up off a couch, and you’re not yet at a place where life slows down completely,” he said. After playing different ages, Hanks’s takeaway was that he’d “rather be as old as I am.”

The film is adapted from Richard McGuire’s comic and is helmed by Zemeckis. The director spoke about the film in a January 2023 statement, where he highlighted the use of Metaphysic, a digital effects company famous for its @DeepTomCruise accounts on social media. 

He also praised the actors for their contributions, which helped them smoothly transition into younger versions of themselves. “Metaphysic’s AI tools do exactly that, in ways that were previously impossible!” he added.