Avantika Khattri
Born
Avantika Khattri

(1989-11-20) 20 November 1989
Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh (India)
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. 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]

Avantika has been awarded with Iconic Producer, Film-Director & Actress at Mid-Day Powerful Women Award 2022.[14] by the Hon’ble Governor of Maharashtra Shri Bhagat Singh Koshyari at Raj Bhawan, Mumbai.[15]

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.[16] She began her career by performing arts and also dabbled in modelling and featured in the FHM[17] magazine. and others. She has been featured in TV commercials.[18] She also appeared as a Celebrity on Times Food Channel - Cooking with Celebs[19]

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
2022 Mere Desh Ki Dharti Priyanka Khurrana

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. 1 2 3 4 "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. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2020.
  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. ↑ "Mid-Day Powerful Women Award 2022".
  15. ↑ "Governor Felicitates Powerful Women of the Year at Raj Bhawan, Mumbai".
  16. ↑ "Avantika Khattri: From MBA degree to playing newsreader in 'War Chhod Na Yaar'". 18 October 2013.
  17. ↑ "I would love to play a grey character: Avantika Khattri | FHM India". www.fhmindia.com. Archived from the original on 25 January 2020.
  18. ↑ 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.
  19. ↑ "Cooking with Celebs". Times Of India.


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