Avantika Khattri (born 20 November 1989) is an Indian

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actress, producer, and director who debuted with the movie

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in which she played the parallel lead with

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along with co-stars

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and

Javed Jaffrey Syed Jaaved Ahmed Jaaferi (born 4 December 1963) is an Indian actor, dancer, and comedian who has appeared in Hindi films and television shows. He is son of the comedian Jagdeep. He joined the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) in March, 2014 and contested ...

Career

Avantika debuted in

as an actress with the

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movie

. She had already produced a film titled by ''Beautiful World'' which was based on the 2016 incident that happened in

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, starring Amruta Subhash,

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and

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and it was presented by Anurag Kashyap. Avantika Khatri has done an album named ''Bottoms Up'' as a lead actress with

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. 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 Festiva

Avantika walked the Red Carpet at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, 71st Cannes Film Festival where ''For All That You Are'' was screened in the Short Film Corner. Avantika has been awarded with Iconic Producer, Film-Director & Actress at Mid-Day Powerful Women Award 2022. by the Hon’ble Governor of Maharashtra Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhawan, Mumbai.

Early life

Avantika is from

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which is a town in

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, born to a doctor father and an artist mother. She has an

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in Human Resource. She began her career by performing arts and also dabbled in modelling and featured in the FHM magazine. and others. She has been featured in TV commercials. She also appeared as a Celebrity on Times Food Channel - Cooking with Celebs

Filmography

Actor

Producer

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* Living people 21st-century Indian actresses Indian film actresses Actresses from Mumbai 1987 births {{India-actor-stub