Avantika Vandanapu

Avantika Vandanapu
Born	(2005-01-01) 1 January 2005 Union City, California, United States
Residence	Los Angeles, California, USA Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Citizenship	United States
Years active	2005 – present
Known for	Dance, Acting
Notable work	Zee TV Dance India Dance Lil Masters North America
Website	thisisavantika.com

Avantika Vandanapu is an actor, dancer, singer, model, and anchor from California, United States known for her performance in the Zee TV reality show Dance India Dance Lil Masters North America June 2014. She won second place on the show.^[1]

Early life and education

Avantika Vandanapu was born in Union City, California, USA to parents of Indian ancestry. Avantika currently lives in Los Angeles, California and is studying Eighth 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 the South Indian classical dance form, Kuchipudi, at the age of 7. Avantika participated in several dance shows and competitions and was first awarded by ATA Star Dancer in 2012.^[2] In 2014, Avantika also won second place in the first North American edition of ZeeTV's reality show, Dance India Dance Lil Masters.^{[1][3][4][5][6]}

Avantika entered the Telugu film industry in 2015 and signed on for two movies. She was selected to play the role of Chutki in 14 Reels Entertainment's Krishna Gaadi Veera Prema Gaadha (released in February 2016). However, due to the scheduling conflicts, she decided not to continue with the movie. Avantika officially debuted as a child artist in Brahmotsavam starring Mahesh Babu, Kajal Agarwal, Samantha and Pranitha which started shooting on 16 September 2015. She then appeared in Chandra Shekhar Yeleti's film Manamantha. Avantika also played a small role in a song in Gopichand's movie 'Oxygen'. Later, she signed on for Premam starring Naga Chaitanya and Shruti Hassan, in which she portrays the younger version of the third heroine (Madonna Sebastian). She also signed on for a movie with Abhishek Pictures.

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

Filmography

Awards & Recognitions

• TV9 Andhra Pradesh Beauty Contest (Winner) (2010)
• CA Fabulous Faces and Central Coast Pageant (Winner of Best Personality) (2011)
• ATA Star Dancer Award (2012)^[8]
• ATA Star Dancer Award (2014)
• Silicon Valley Got Talent Award (2014)
• Saratoga's Got Talent competition (2014)^[9]
• Zee TV Dance India Dance Lil Masters North America (Second Winner) (2014)^[1][3][5]
• BATA 14th Annual Youth Talent Show Dance Categories (2014)^[10]
• BATA Sankranti Kids Talent Show (Winner) (2015)
• India Waves Dance Muqabla Dance Competition (Junior Solo Winner) (2015)
• Bay Area Naach Meri Jaan Dance Competition by Javed Jaafrey (Winner) (2015)
• Shake The Ground Dance Competition by The City Hi Life Magazine (Winner) (2015)
• Kids Model Hunt by The City Hi Life Magazine (Winner) (2015)
• ETv Star Mahila Contest Winner (2015)^[11]
• ETV Cash Reality Show Participant (2015)^[12][13]
• ETV Abhiruchi participant (2016)
• ZeeTelugu Denikaina Ready Game Show Participant (2016)
• American Telugu Association Youth Achievement Award (2016)
• American Telangana Association Youth Achievement Award (2016)
• Bharath World Record Dancer Award (2016)
• Crowned as the winner of Miss Indywood Talent Hunt 2016 held at Ramoji Film City, Hyderabad in September 2016.
• Won the best actress award in Cosmic Cine Club Short Film Contest 2017
• Won the best Upcoming Actress award in Chitrapuri Film Festival 2017 for the short film 'Praja Hakku'

Performances

• Avantika interviews Mahesh Babu during Brahmotsavam Promotion^[14][15]
• Avantika interviews Kajal Aggarwal during Brahmotsavam Promotion^[16]
• Avantika promotes Brahmotsavam Movie during Centro Brahmotsavam Collections Launch^[17][18][19]

References