Avanthika Mohan

Avanthika Mohan was born and brought up in Dubai. Her father is from Calicut and mother from Punjab.^[3] She returned to Kerala to pursue a modelling career and won the Miss Malabar 2011 title^[4] and also the subtitle Miss Perfect 2010. She is a dancer and had taken training for it. After winning the beauty pageant, she began to receive acting offers and decided to enter the film industry.^[3]

She made her debut in the 2012 experimental film Yakshi – Faithfully Yours,^[2] directed by Abhiram Suresh Unnithan, featuring all newcomers in the lead roles.^[5] The film saw Avanthika playing the titular character of a "snake ghost" named Nagayakshi, a snake who turns into a woman after coming to the planet.^[6] In 2013, she was part of the Malayalam comedy flick Mr Bean- The Laugh Riot,^[7] after which she was seen in Neelakasham Pachakadal Chuvanna Bhoomi.^[2][8] She next played a lead role in crocodile love story. She made her Tamil film debut with the horror film Aalamaram (2014).^[2][9] Her next releases were Vundile Manchi Kalam Mundu Munduna, her first Telugu film,^[10] and debutant director Shyam Mohan's thriller 8:20 released and the movie went on well she got good appreciation for her performance from the Critics and the audiences.^[11] She had signed film Male Baruva Munna, an Oriya movie and a Hindi movie directed by Samagra Ganesh is based on a true story. She has also signed Rajavin Parvai Raniyin Pakkam, to be directed by Azhagu Raj.^[12]

Television debut

In May 2016, she signed into play lead role in TV series Athmasakhi in Malayalam language in which she plays a bold and modern character Nanditha who is a doctor by profession. Later in June she made her Telugu Television debut through Raja Rani in which she plays a strong and innocent school teacher. She is getting positive reviews from both TV series.^{[citation needed]} She twice received best actress awards back to back.^{[citation needed]} After a sabbatical she is paired up with Rajyan Rajan after Athmasakhi in the new series Priyapettaval which is going on-air in Mazhavil Manorama from late 2019 which portrays the misunderstandings in married life.^{[citation needed]}

Avantika married Anil Kumar Kainth in 2017.^[13] The couple has a son Rudraunsh Kainth.^[14][15]