Ananthika Forey: A Rising South Indian Talent (image-instagram/ananthika_sanilkumar)
Ananthika Sanilkumar, a 17-year-old teenager from Thrissur district the state of Kerala is synonymous with ‘pure talent’. In her very young age, she has reached milestones displaying her skillsets she gained throughout her journey.
Ananthika is a power house of talent; a dancer who has amassed experiences both in Kathakali as well as western moves. She is also a passionate practitioner of kalarippayattu and karate, that too with a black belt. Adding on, a social media fame and an actress. What more is needed to describe the sheer talent of the teenager.
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With her social media presence, Ananthika has garnered attention of people across the world. Her Instagram page has 500k followers. Most of the reels she shared through her Instagram have garnered about 1M views each.
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The teen is now all geared up for the release of her latest movie, a Tamil flick “Raid” starring Vikram Prabhu and Sri Divya in the lead on Friday, November 10.
Soon after she emerged as an Insta fame, calls from film industry flooded in. But, initially, she rejected the calls as being unaware of the industry and later decided to give it a try. But unfortunately, her first movie in which she acted in did not get a release date. In 2022, her debut Rajahmundry Rose Milk got released. The movie is the remake of Malayalam film Thanneer Mathan Dinangal. With the release of her next movie, she then rose to a noted actress in South Indian films.
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More than being a budding actress, she cherishes her moment in her dancing journey. Her love for dance is visible from the reels she has shared on her Instagram page. She started dancing at her very young age of five. Amidst the journey of academics and acting, the youngster sought time to learn classical dance forms like kathakali, nangayarkuthu, ottanthullal, Bharatanatyam, mohiniyattam and Kuchipudi. Ananthika manages to find time to do what she love in between all the busy schedule of her grade 12.
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