{"id":402957,"date":"2026-04-21T06:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/402957\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T06:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T06:23:08","slug":"saiyaaras-aneet-padda-pens-emotional-tribute-after-grandfathers-death-the-only-love-of-my-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/402957\/","title":{"rendered":"Saiyaara&#8217;s Aneet Padda pens emotional tribute after grandfather\u2019s death: \u2018The only love of my life\u2026&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"content\">Saiyaara actor <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/entertainment\/bollywood\/team-saiyaara-reunites-ahaan-panday-aneet-padda-to-star-in-mohit-suri-intense-romance-backed-by-yrf-akshaye-widhani-101776253949687.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Aneet Padda\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Aneet Padda<\/a> is mourning the death of her grandfather, who passed away recently. The actor took to Instagram to share an emotional note, remembering him with love and expressing her heartbreak over losing the \u201conly love of her life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/ht-img\/img\/2026\/04\/21\/400x225\/Aneet_Padda_1776740903026_1776740903155.webp\" alt=\"Aneet Padda rose to popularity for her role in Saiyaara.\" title=\"Aneet Padda rose to popularity for her role in Saiyaara.\" width=\"360\" height=\"202\" loading=\"eager\"\/>Aneet Padda rose to popularity for her role in Saiyaara.Aneet pens emotional note for grandfather<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday, Aneet took to <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/topic\/instagram\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Instagram\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Instagram <\/a>to post a photo of herself holding her grandfather\u2019s hand. Alongside the image, she penned an emotional note, remembering him and expressing her love and loss.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">\u201cThe only love of my life\u2026 You were drifting away, but you didn\u2019t forget makhan. You held on to love, even when you couldn\u2019t hold on to memory,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">Aneet continued, \u201cI will hold on to both. I will carry all our years together. I will be a good person. I will carry your jokes and repeat them every chance I get. I will carry your kindness and your light into every dark room. I will carry your stories and tell them to the world. I will carry your love, you taught me the purest, most unconditional kind. I will carry you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">Aneet concluded her note by writing, \u201cI spotted the brightest star in the sky today, and I knew where you went. I love you. I love you. I love you, Dadu. I love you so much. Always, beyond what time can hold.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">Aneet, who played an Alzheimer\u2019s patient in the film <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/entertainment\/bollywood\/saiyaara-haiwaan-writer-rohan-shankar-decodes-bollywoods-revival-after-lull-vs-south-bhooth-bangla-101776422606352.html\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Saiyaara\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Saiyaara<\/a>, once revealed that her grandfather was battling the disease. In an interview with The Hollywood Reporter India last year, she said, \u201cMy dadu has Alzheimer\u2019s disease, which is why the film was even more emotional for me. He\u2019s at a point now where he doesn\u2019t remember most things, but I believed in this film because it says \u2018dimaag bhool jaata hai par dil kabhi nahi bhoolta (the mind forgets but the heart does not)\u2019, and that\u2019s very true for my dadu. He doesn\u2019t remember my name; he doesn\u2019t remember most, but he calls me Heeraput, or Makkhan.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>More about Aneet<\/p>\n<p>Aneet was part of the entertainment industry for a while before Saiyaara sent her fame skyrocketing almost overnight.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">Aneet began modelling while she was still a teenager, appearing in several ads and promotional campaigns for major brands over the next few years. She debuted as an actor with a small role in Kajol-starrer Salaam Venky in 2022. The actor got her first big break with the Amazon Prime Video show Big Girls Don\u2019t Cry, which premiered in 2024. She also worked in the TV show Yuva Sapno Ka Safar the following year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">In 2025, Mohit Suri\u2019s romantic drama Saiyaara catapulted her to overnight stardom. The YRF film minted over  \u20b9580 crore worldwide, becoming the highest-grossing romantic film in Indian cinema history. Aneet found praise for portraying a young songwriter with early-onset Alzheimer\u2019s. The actor will now feature in Maddock Films\u2019 horror comedy Shakti Shalini.<\/p>\n<p class=\"content \">She is also set to reunite with the team of Saiyaara. She is set to work with <a class=\"backlink\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/topic\/ahaan-panday\" data-vars-page-type=\"story\" data-vars-link-type=\"Manual\" data-vars-anchor-text=\"Ahaan Panday\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Ahaan Panday<\/a> again on Mohit Suri&#8217;s &#8216;intense romance&#8217;, which is backed by Yash Raj Films (YRF).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saiyaara actor Aneet Padda is mourning the death of her grandfather, who passed away recently. 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