Avantika Vandanapu

Avantika Vandanapu
Born (2005-01-01) 1 January 2005
Union City, California, USA
Nationality USA
Ethnicity South Indian
Citizenship USA
Years active 2005-current
Known for Dance, Acting
Notable work Zee TV Dance India Dance Lil Masters North America

Avantika Vandanapu is a dancer and a child artist and actor from Union City, CA better known for her performance in the Zee TV reality show Dance India Dance Lil Masters North America June 2014 and was declared as the second winner.[1]

Early Life and Education

Avantika Vandanapu was born in Union City, CA to parents Srikanth Vandanapu and Anupama Reddy Chintala who are of Indian ancestry. Avantika is currently studying fifth grade.

Career

Avantika started her artistic career through dancing when she was five years old. She initially started taking classes in semi-classical dance. Later she started learning South Indian classical dance called Kuchipudi at the age of 7. Avantika participated in several dance shows and competitions and first awarded by ATA Star Dancer in 2012.[2] Avantika was also selected as second winner in first North American edition ZeeTV reality show Dance India Dance Lil Masters in 2014.[1][3][4][5][6]

Avantika entered Telugu Film Industry in 2015 and signed two movies. The first one is under the banner of 14 Reels Entertainment which is Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha released in February 2016. Avantika was selected to play the role of older girl (Chutki). However, due to the conflict of dates, She decided to not do the movie. Avantika is currently shooting as a child artist for her officially first movie Brahmotsavam starring Mahesh Babu, Kajal Agarwal, Samantha and Pranitha which started shooting on 16 September 2015. She is also shooting in Chandra Shekhar Yeleti's film Manamantha. Avantika also played a small role as a child artist in a song in Gopichand's movie 'Oxygen'.

During March 2016, Avantika acted in the short film "Swecha"[7] directed by Raj Sivasadhani.

Year Film Role Notes Ref
2016Brahmotsavam Filming
2016Swecha (Short Film) Filming
2016Manamantha Filming

Awards, Recognitions & Performances

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Avantika Vandanapu from Union City was selected as one of the top ten finalists out of more than 10,000 contestants". tricityvoice.com. 13 August 2014.
  2. ↑ "CALIFORNIA Diwali Festivals and Events Diwali is October 23, 2014". seecalifornia.com.
  3. 1 2 "9-Year-Old Girl Wins ‘Dance India Dance’ North America". indiawest.com. 14 August 2014.
  4. ↑ "9-YEAR-OLD AVANTIKA WINS ‘DANCE INDIA DANCE’ N. AMERICA". indiajournal.com. 13 August 2014.
  5. 1 2 "20th Festival of India Results" (PDF). fiaonline.org.
  6. ↑ "special performance by Avantika Vandanapu 2nd place in "Dance India dance L’il Masters" and more". telugucommunitynews.com.
  7. ↑ "Swecha, a Telugu short film directed by Raj Sivasadhani". youtube.com.
  8. ↑ "STAR Dancer (Solo Dancer Talent Search) ATA 2012 – Semifinalists". ataconference.org.
  9. ↑ "The Saratoga Cares Foundation named Megan Lopez and Avantika Vandanapu as the winners of the 2014". mercurynews.com.
  10. ↑ "BATA (Bay Area Telugu Association) 14th Annual Youth Talent Show Results". bata.org.
  11. ↑ "Star Mahila - 15th August 2015 - స్టార్ మహిళ – Full Episode". Etv.
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