During an interaction with Siddharth Kannan, Ammy spoke about his middle-class childhood and how his family had sacrificed a lot for his dreams.For instance, his father sold their car for the funding of the first music album that Ammy was going to make. He spoke highly of his roots and how, after his success in Punjab, he returned the debt of Rs 30-40 lakh his parents had incurred and built a new house for them in their village.
“My entire childhood, we would only hear about loans of Rs 25 lakh, Rs 30 lakh, interest rates, saving for sister’s wedding. That’s what happens in middle class families. Me and my brother were sent for expensive higher studies. Like a semester’s fee would be Rs 60,000-70,000. It’s not that we were poor or anything, we were blessed. My father educated us well, took care of us. Even my first album, my father put in money for that,” he said.
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Ammy shared that after he gained some success in Punjab, he paid of his parents’ loans of Rs 30-40 lakh and then made a house for them in their village. “From 2013-2015, whatever money I earned, I put in all of that in that house in the village. We got Italian marble, full body showers everything. The showers in that house cost Rs 6 lakh,” he said.
Ammy said that they got their first AC in 2009 and shared that they now have nine ACs. “We got our first AC in 2009 and the six of us would sleep in the one room that had an AC. We were blessed that at least we had an AC. In the new house, we have 9 ACs. We have a home theatre and everything. You feel happy when you think about these things,” he said.
The Bad Newz actor recalled that his father actually sold their car, a Maruti Zen, so he could finance Ammy’s first music album. He joked, “People often ask me about the first car I bought, I tell them that I actually sold a car first.” He then added, “For my first album, my father sold our Zen for Rs 2.5-3 lakh and he got another Rs 2.5-3 lakh on loan and he put in all of that money on my first album.”
