Entertainment
Disney’s first Indo-American protagonist Avantika: I was asked to go back to my country; called a Pakistani
At the age of nine, Avantika Vandanapu who goes by her first name on social media—won the dance reality show, ‘Dance India Dance Lil Masters North America’. But, deep within, she was reeling under the stress of racial profiling and a sense of insecurity that came with incessant bullying.
“The racial discrimination I faced was when I was younger and that did kind of set the tone for my growth and the kind of insecurities I would have,” Disney’s ‘Spin’ lead actress tells WION during a conference call from America. In this exclusive conversation with us, on the day of her big musical release ‘Spin’, the dancer- turned-actor—all of 16—recounts the horrid details of racism she had to face in the hands of ‘fellow kids’, her dreams and hopes for the future and how an unorthodox move by Disney shaped her career, hopefully for the better.
“My aims and aspirations are that I would love to be a lead in a Hollywood movie even as a grown up. I chose this career seeing myself doing this for a very, very long time. Probably, for the rest of my life. I would absolutely love to do it and I am working really hard. Hopefully, it will happen for me. But, no one can tell the future, right (laughs!)?” , Says Avantika .
News Source : Wion
Entertainment
Zakir Khan’s comedy-shayari programme will take Kapil Sharma’s place on TV.
After The Kapil Sharma Show aired on television for the last year, the comedian moved to streaming services in 2024 with The Great Indian Kapil Show. Actor Huma Qureshi was a permanent visitor on the TV show Madness Machayenge-India Ko Hassayenge, which briefly filled the hole created by the departure of the former show. But it didn’t quite click with the public, and according to recent rumours, the channel has added comedian Zakir Khan to help fill the void with a new programme.
Comedy and shayari will be mixed together in Zakir Khan’s presentation.
We now know some exclusive information about the show, such as its schedule and format. According to a source with direct knowledge of the situation, “Zakir’s show will feature a trademark Zakir blend of humour and shayari. With this programme, the comedian hopes to reach a larger audience. He has already developed a following of people who identify with his shayarana side. Madness Machayenge is now airing and is most likely coming to an end. Zakir’s television programme is scheduled to premiere in August. Bollywood visitors will appear on the broadcast in addition to Zakir’s shayari and comedy, much like it used to happen on Kapil’s show.” This is Khan’s second television appearance following his work on the fifth season of The As a mentor in the Great Indian Laughter Challenge in 2017. In addition, he hosted the comedic non-fiction programme Farzi Mushaira on OTT, combining humour and shayari with well-known guests.
Recently, filming for Kapil’s OTT show came to an end, and there were rumours that this was because of the show’s poor viewership. The cast of Heeramandi, American singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran, and actors Rajkummar Rao and Janhvi Kapoor, among others, were disclosed in a video that the crew published to refute the rumours. Regarding Madness Machayenge, the television programme that took Kapil’s position, director Karan Johar blasted it for his repulsive impersonation on the show. The full guest list for Zakir’s programme has not yet been announced.
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