Avanthika Mohan

Avanthika Mohan
Born (1994-06-08) 8 June 1994
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Residence India
Other names Avantika
Occupation Actress, Model, Dancer
Years active 2012 – Present

Avanthika Mohan is an Indian actress and model. She made her debut in Yakshi – Faithfully Yours and was later seen in films including Crocodile Love Story (2012) and Mr. Bean (2013). 2014 she made her Tamil debut with Aalamaram. Her 2013 film Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi was a commercially successful .[1]

Early life

Avanthika Mohan was born and bought up in Dubai.[2] She returned to Kerala to pursue a modelling career and won the Miss Malabar 2011 title [3] and also the subtitle Miss Perfect 2010. She wanted to be a dancer and had taken training for it but after winning the beauty pageant, she began to receive acting offers and decided to enter the film industry.[2]

She made her debut in the 2012 experimental film Yakshi – Faithfully Yours,[1] directed by Abhiram Suresh Unnithan, featuring all newcomers in the lead roles.[4] The film saw Avanthika playing the titular character of a "snake ghost" named Nagayakshi, a snake who turns into a woman after coming to the planet.[5] 2013 she was part of the comedy flick Mr. Bean,[6] after which she was seen in Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi,.[1][7] She next played a lead role in crocodile love story. She made her Tamil film debut with the horror film Aalamaram (2014).[1][8] Her next releases were Vundile Manchi Kalam Mundu Munduna, her first Telugu film,[9] and debutant director Shyam Mohan's thriller 8:20 released and the movie went on well she got good appreciation for her performance from the Critics and the audiences.[10] Among her upcoming films is Male Baruva Munna.[11]

Filmography

Year Film Role Language Notes
2012 Yakshi – Faithfully Yours Nagayakshi Malayalam
2013 Mr Bean Malayalam
2013 Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi Fatima Malayalam
2013 Crocodile Love Story Nithya Malayalam
2014 Aalamaram Malarkodi Tamil
2014 Vundile Manchi Kalam Mundu Munduna Ujjwala Telugu
2014 8 : 20 Malayalam
2016 Preethiyalli Sahaja Kannada
2015 Untitled Project Oriya

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/tamil/I-Hope-to-Do-a-Role-Like-Queen-Someday/2014/10/15/article2477971.ece
  2. 1 2 http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Avanthika-Mohan-heads-to-Kollywood/articleshow/18528802.cms
  3. ↑ http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-features/tp-cinemaplus/etcetera/article5643711.ece
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20120302084750/http://www.deccanchronicle.com/channels/showbiz/mollywood/fresh-faces-yakshi-faithfully-752
  5. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Avantika-plays-snake-ghost-in-her-next/movie-review/13292125.cms
  6. ↑ http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/Tickle-your-funny-bone-on-a-ride-with-Mr-Bean/2013/06/04/article1618409.ece
  7. ↑ http://www.newindianexpress.com/entertainment/malayalam/Motorcycle-Diaries/2013/08/06/article1719996.ece
  8. ↑ http://silverscreen.in/news/aalamaram-in-october/
  9. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/telugu/movies/news/Arun-Dasyams-film-wraps-up-shoot/articleshow/43248779.cms
  10. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/others/news-interviews/Avanthikka-in-8-20/articleshow/12896137.cms
  11. ↑ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/malayalam/movies/news/Tini-Tom-to-croon-a-Hindi-song-penned-by-Major-Ravi/articleshow/42274233.cms

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