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Actress Avantika Vandanapu had a great career that began in Tollywood and culminated with her performance in the 2024 reboot of Tina Fey’s Mean Girls. Her debut was with the 2016 Telugu film Brahmotsavam with Mahesh Babu. In an interview with 123 telugu, recalled working with the star and talked about who he would like to work with in the future. (Also Read: Internet Shocked To See Avantika Vandanapu’s Transformation From A Girl In Brahmotsavam To Karen In Mean Girls)
‘It was a dream come true’
Speaking to the portal, he said that he grew up admiring Mahesh. “Getting my first break in Tollywood with Mahesh was nothing less than a dream come true. Working as a child artist in India, especially in my native language, helped me feel comfortable with the idea of pursuing a career in entertainment as a child.” Avantika played Mahesh’s young cousin in the film.
‘I would love to work in India’
He also talked about how he had a list of directors he wanted to work with here, both in Tollywood and Bollywood. She said, “I would love to work with Rajamouli, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Sekhar Kammula and Vidhu Vinod Chopra. They have a talent for presenting women in their films as powerful, elegant and artistic. And I would love to be one of the characters they write.”
Upcoming jobs
Mean Girls was released on January 9 in the United States and Avantika played Karen Shetty, a callback to Karen Smith from the original 2004 film. The film also starred Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp, Auliʻi Cravalho and Christopher Briney in the lead roles, and is not only based on Tina Fey’s previous film but also on the book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman.
The film is yet to release in India. Apart from this, Avantika has filmed a horror film called Tarot, which is yet to release apart from a Prime Video show called BGDC.
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