Meet The Family: All You Need To Know About Hardik & Nataša’s Parivaar!

Nothing says love like getting hitched on Valentine’s Day. Hardik Pandya and Nataša Stanković did exactly that! The lovebirds renewed their vows and had a lavish white wedding at Raffles, Udaipur.

While the wedding was dreamy, Nataša walking down the aisle with her father gets the best pic award. This father-daughter moment made me curious about the duo’s families.

From Hardik’s car business to Nataša’s career, here’s everything I discovered about them. Scroll down to see:

The Pandyas

Meet The Parents

Hardik was born to Himanshu Pandya and Nalini Pandya. His father owned a small car finance business in Surat, Gujarat but wanted his sons, Hardik and Krunal, to pursue cricket. To get better cricket facilities for his kids, his parents decided to shut down the business and move to Vadodara.

Hardik was just five when his parents enrolled him and his brother in former Indian cricketer Kiran More’s cricket academy. At the time, the family used to live in a rented house in Gorwa and were not so stable financially. But this never weakened Himanshu and Nalini’s spirits and they worked hard to provide their sons with the best education and cricket training. The parents encouraged their sons to play and in 2016, Hardik made his stellar debut in T20 International for India against Australia.

In 2021, Hardik’s father passed away due to cardiac arrest at the age of 71.

Brother, Krunal Pandya

Hardik’s elder brother, Krunal Pandya is married to Pankhuri Sharma and they have a kid, named Kavir Krunal Pandya. Krunal is also a professional cricketer and an all-rounder like Hardik. Interestingly, the Pandya brothers are a rare siblings duo who have played for an international team together. They both have also played for the Indian cricket team together and for Mumbai Indians and Baroda as well.

Both the brothers have seen their fair share of struggles but now enjoy successful cricket careers. Hard work does pay off! Well, done Pandyas!

The Stankovićs

Nataša’s parents, dad Goran Stanković and mom Radmila Stanković, are from Požarevac, Republic of Siberia. She also has a younger brother named Nenad Stanković, who is a photographer in Toronto.

In 2012, Nataša moved to India and started her career as a model for Johnson & Johnson. She made her big screen debut with Satyagraha in 2013, where she appeared in a song with Ajay Devgn.
She was also part of a film, titled 7 Hours To Go, and in 2017 she featured in a song titled Mehbooba from Fukrey Returns.

Remember the song DJ Wale Babu by rapper Badshah? She featured in that one too.