Avantika Khattri

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Avantika Khattri
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Born
Avantika Khattri

(1989-11-20) 20 November 1989 (age 32)
OccupationFilm Actress Producer Director
Years active2011-present

Avantika Khattri (born 20 November 1989)[1] is an Indian Bollywood actress, producer, and director [2] who debuted with the movie War Chhod Na Yaar in which she played the parallel lead with Soha Ali Khan along with co-stars Sharman Joshi and Javed Jaffrey.[3]

Career[]

Avantika debuted in Bollywood as an actress with the Hindi movie War Chhod Na Yaar.[4] She had already produced a film titled by Beautiful World[5] which was based on the 2016 incident that happened in Bulandshahr, starring Amruta Subhash,[6] Swanand Kirkire and Shweta Tripathi and it was presented by Anurag Kashyap.[7][8][9] Avantika Khatri has done an album named Bottoms Up as a lead actress with Mika Singh.[10][11]

Avantika's second short film For All That You Are as a producer and also her debut directorial - won the Best LGBTQ Film award at the Top Shorts International Film Festival. The film, which has Avantika playing the protagonist, is a revenge drama revolving around two female ex-lovers. She was chosen as the Best Actress In An Indie Film in Actors Award at Los Angeles; the Best Woman Filmmaker at The IndieFEST Film Awards (US) and the Best Actress-Leading at Accolade Global Film Competition (US). The film also won the award for the Best Short at the Mediterranean Film Festival and Best Short at Canada Shorts Film Festival.[1] Avantika walked the Red Carpet[12][2] at the 71st Cannes Film Festival where For All That You Are[2] was screened in the Short Film Corner.[13][2]

Early life[]

Avantika is from Jhansi which is a town in Uttar Pradesh, born to a doctor father and an artist mother. She has an MBA in Human Resource.[14] She began her career by performing arts and also dabbled in modelling and featured in the FHM[15] magazine. and others. She has been featured in TV commercials.[16]

Filmography[]

Actor[]

Year Title Role Notes Reference
2013 War Chhod Na Yaar Sakshi
2015 Kuch Kuch Locha Hai Jacqueline
2015 Bottoms up Avantika Music Video with Mika Singh

Producer[]

Year Title Role Director Notes Reference
2017 Beautiful World Short Film
2018 For All That You Are Avantika Khattri as Alisha Avantika Khattri Short Film

References[]

  1. ^ The States Man (13 October 2017). "Avantika Khatri talks about working with Anurag Kashyap". www.thestatesman.com.
  2. ^ a b c d "Short film wins accolades at international fests - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  3. ^ Financial Express (18 October 2013). "Avantika Khatri from MBA degree to playing newsreader in War Chhod Naa Yaar". www.financialexpress.com.
  4. ^ Jagran. "Bollywood new biker girl Avantika Khatri". www.jagran.com.
  5. ^ Beautiful World (13 October 2017). "Avantika Khattri talks about working with Anurag Kashyap". www.thestatesman.com.
  6. ^ thedigitalhash (13 October 2017). "Beautiful World". www.thedigitalhash.com.
  7. ^ Times Of India. "Anurag Kashyap supports short on Bulandshahr gang rape case". www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  8. ^ Bollywood Life (12 October 2017). "Anurag Kashyap backs short film based on the gruesome Bulandshahr rape incident". www.bollywoodlife.com.
  9. ^ Aaj Tak. "Anurag Kashyap to act in short film Chhuri and presentiing short film Beautiful World based on Bulandshahr gang rape case". www.aajtak.in.
  10. ^ Telangana Today. "Avantika Khatri to launch fitness app". www.telanganatoday.com.
  11. ^ Glamour Mantra. "After producing and being the whole and soul of her short films Avantika Khatri now launches a fitness app". www.glamourmantra.com. Archived from the original on 11 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
  12. ^ Mumbai News, Hello. "Actress Avantika khattri's First appearance, At Cannes Film Festival 2018 ~ Hello Mumbai News". Hello Mumbai News. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  13. ^ "Short film wins accolades at international fests". The Times of India.
  14. ^ "Avantika Khattri: From MBA degree to playing newsreader in 'War Chhod Na Yaar'". 18 October 2013.
  15. ^ https://www.fhmindia.com/entertainment/i-would-love-play-grey-character-avantika-khattri[dead link]
  16. ^ Singh, Mohnish (19 July 2019). "Exclusive: "Thankful, humbled and honoured for the response that For All That You Are has garnered, says Avantika Khattri". EasternEye. Retrieved 26 January 2020.

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