Avantika Mishra has been roped in to play the lead role in a movie to be directed by Shammir. She will be sharing the screen space with Tharun Bhascker in the film which will be bankrolled by actor Vijay Deverakonda under his banner.
Reports are that Avantika Mishra was selected for the role after she underwent an audition and stunned the filmmakers with her performance. We hear that she has a meaty and unconventional role in this yet to be titled film which prompted her to take it up.
On her role, we hear that she will be playing an aspiring actor. The project is underway already and a workshop is being conducted to ensure that the lead actors get into the skin of the characters they play.
Besides this Telugu film, Avantika also has the Tamil film Nenjamellam Kadhal lined up for release.
Avantika Mishra made her acting debut with the Telugu film Maaya in 2014 and was seen in Meeku Meere Maaku Meme in 2016 and Vyshakam in 2017. Maaya, which was directed by the award winning director Neelakanta had Harshvardhan Rane playing the lead role. The film was based on ESP (Extra Sensory Perception).
She is currently busy filming for the Tamil film Nenjamellam Kadhal which is slated for release this year. It is a romantic comedy that has Ashok Selvan as the lead actor.
The film is written and directed by Nirman. The technical crew of Nenjamellam Kadhal includes Nivas Prasanna for music, Ganesh Chandra for cinematography, Jayachandran for art direction, and I. J. Alen for editing. S. Sudhakaran is bankrolling the film under the banner Friends Festival Films. Those in the supporting cast of this film include Madhumila, Urvashi, Azhagam Perumal, Badava Gopi, M. S. Bhaskar and Soniya Bose.
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