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S5 Ep 9 Avantika Vandanapu: Hollywood star on loving saris

S5 Ep 9 Avantika Vandanapu: Hollywood star on loving saris

FromMasala Podcast: The South Asian feminist podcast


S5 Ep 9 Avantika Vandanapu: Hollywood star on loving saris

FromMasala Podcast: The South Asian feminist podcast

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Length:
58 minutes
Released:
Oct 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

At just 18, Avantika is already a force as a well-known Hollywood actor and producer. She was the first ever Indian American lead in the Disney Channel Original Movies 'Spin'. She was named in Variety’s Young Hollywood 'Up Next' list in 2021. Avantika plays a lead role in the Sony Screen Gems feature 'Horoscope'. Avantika also starred opposite Rebel Wilson in a #1 movie on Netflix, Senior Year. She is also starring as 'Karen' in the Paramount feature 'Mean Girls Musical', for executive producers Tina Fey and Lorne Michaels.
She is also currently developing a TV series adaptation of the New York Times bestselling novel A Crown of Wishes, which she will star in and executive produce, for Disney+.
Avantika is the future, and that future is diverse, talented, and young. Watch this space; you won’t want to miss what comes next.
Released:
Oct 26, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (31)

This award-winning feminist podcast is all about cultural taboos. Everything from sex, sexuality, periods, menopause, porn, mental health, shame, sexual harassment & more. Considered one of the best feminist podcasts exploring intersectional feminism from a South Asian lens, Masala Podcast features some of the world's most inspiring South Asian women. The inspiring feminist Masala Podcast is the winner of multiple British Podcast Awards 2020, 2021 & 2022. Masala Podcast has been featured in the Guardian, BBC Radio, the Observer, Evening Standard, Cosmopolitan, Stylist, Eastern Eye, Huffington Post, BBC Sounds, Brown Girl Magazine, Women’s Health Austria, Deccan Herald India & more.