Overview

• In a recent interview on Varinder Chawla’s YouTube channel, Pandey said his family home in Gorakhpur was a 30-room haveli despite a simple, middle-class lifestyle.
• He credited that upbringing with nurturing humility and a strong foundation that has kept him grounded through his entertainment career.
• Pandey has worked across modeling, music, acting and hosting since the 1990s and debuted in Bollywood with Khiladi 420 in 2000.
• He reached the finale of Amazon Prime Video’s reality show The Traitors earlier this year but did not win.
• He disclosed that he faced casting-couch advances from a now-deceased filmmaker and declined the improper offer.