Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In recent days, social media has been flooded with discourse on Avantika Vandanapu being cast as Rapunzel in a live-action ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Different fan accounts took to TikTok and X (formerly known as Twitter) to share ideas about who they would like to star in a live ...

Avantika and Aryan Simhadri are the stars of Spin, the upcoming Disney Channel Original Movie. In this EXCLUSIVE video, the young stars revealed they just finished up filming. They stop by — virtually ...

After her performance as Karen Shetty in the movie adaptation of the "Mean Girls" Broadway musical, Avantika Vandanapu is the internet's newest it-girl. In the film, released last week in theaters, ...

Avantika is an icon. She's not only an actor with range (see: Mean Girls, The Sex Lives of College Girls, Tarot), but she also speaks four languages (!) and is studying cultural anthropology at ...

Avantika Vandanapu ("Diary of a Future President" on Disney+) will star in-with Manjari Makijany ("Desert Dolphin") directing-the newly greenlit "Spin," a Disney Channel Original Movie. "Spin" follows ...

Avantika Vandanapu, known for her roles in Telugu films like 'Brahmotsavam' and 'Premam', has amazed the internet with her appearance in 'Mean Girls'. Playing the role of Karen Shetty, a revamped ...

Avantika, who plays an Indian American teen with a knack for deejaying in Spin, says she "looked up to Hilary Duff a lot" Dory Jackson is a Staff Editor for PEOPLE's TV News team. Upon joining the ...

“I’m such a big fan of her [Rebel Wilson] and coming off of Disney I really wanted to do something that was a bit more mature, but something that’s still talked about nuanced topics,” Avantika said.

The actor, who puts a new spin on Seyfried’s Karen, peppered her with questions when they met a couple of days after the premiere, courtesy of an intro from Busy Philipps. By Brian Davids Writer ...

After years of churning out now-beloved Disney Channel Original Movies, the network finally has its first Indian American movie star: Avantika, the self-aware and confident teen starring in the highly ...

Actress Avantika Dassani made her OTT debut with Zee5’s mystery-thriller Mithya which stars Huma Qureshi and Parambrata Chatterjee in titular roles. Avantika, the daughter of popular Bollywood actress ...