Avika Gor

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Avika Gor
Avika Gor at the special screening of Incredibles 2 (cropped).jpg
Gor in 2020
Born (1997-06-30) 30 June 1997 (age 28)
Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupations
  • Actress
  • producer
Years active2008–present
PartnerMilind Chandwani (engaged)

Avika Gor (born 30 June 1997) is an Indian actress who primarily works in Hindi and Telugu films and television. Gor is best recognised for her portrayal of Anandi Singh in Balika Vadhu and Roli Dwivedi Bhardwaj in Sasural Simar Ka . She is a recipient of several accolades including four ITA Awards and one SIIMA Award. [1]

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Following her work as a child artist on television, Gor made her film debut with the Hindi film Morning Walk (2009). She expanded to Telugu films with Uyyala Jampala (2013), for which she won the SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu. [2] Her other notable films include Cinema Choopistha Mava (2015), Care of Footpath 2 (2015), Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada (2016), Raju Gari Gadhi 3 (2019), 1920: Horrors of the Heart (2023) and Shanmukha (2025).

Early life

Gor was born on 30 June 1997, [3] in a Gujarati family in Mumbai. [4] [5] She attended Sharon English High School in the Mulund suburb of Mumbai. [6]

Career

Gor in 2012 Avika Gor at the protest against Delhi rape case.jpg
Gor in 2012

She made her Hindi television debut with Ssshhhh...Koi Hai in 2007. [7] She made her film debut in Tollywood with Uyyala Jampala in 2013 [8] and won SIIMA Award for Best Female Debut – Telugu. [2]

In 2022, Gor made her debut in Kazakhstan with the Kazakh film Kazakh Business in India. [9] [10] [11]

In 2025, Gor played an investigative journalist in Shanmukha opposite Aadi Saikumar. [12] A critic from 123telugu stated, "Avika is adequate in her role, and she looks appealing in the college sequences. Her chemistry with Aadi works to an extent." [13] In the same year, she participated in the reality show, Pati Patni Aur Panga – Jodiyon Ka Reality Check along with her fiancee, Milind Chandwani. [14]

Personal life

Gor met social activist Milind Chandwani in 2019 and the couple began dating in 2020. [15] Following a five year relationship, Gor and Chandwani got engaged in June 2025. [16] [17]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2009 Morning Walk Gargi Hindi Child artist
2010 Paathshala Avika
2012 Tezz Piya Raina
2013 Uyyala Jampala Uma Devi Telugu credited as Avika [18]
2014 Lakshmi Raave Maa Intiki Lakshmi Rao [19]
2015 Cinema Choopistha Mava Parineeta Chatterjee
Thanu Nenu Keerthi
Care of Footpath 2 Geetha Kannada Bilingual film [20]
Kill Them YoungHindi
2016Ankahi BaateinUn­knownShort film [21]
Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada Ayesha / AmalaTelugu [22]
2017I, Me, MyselfHindiShort film; also writer [21]
2019 Natasaarvabhowma BrideKannadaSpecial appearance in song "Tajaa Samcahara"
Raju Gari Gadhi 3 MayaTelugu [23]
2021 Net Priya
Bro Subhadra "Subbu"
2022 10th Class Diaries Chandini [24]
Thank You Sravani "Chinnu" Reddy [25]
Kazakh Business in IndiaAvika Kazakh [26]
Kahani Rubberband Ki Hindi
2023 Popcorn SameeranaTeluguAlso producer
1920: Horrors of the Heart MeghanaHindi [27]
Umapathi UmaTelugu [28]
2024 Bloody Ishq NehaHindi [29]
2025 Shanmukha Sara MaheswaranTelugu [30]

Television

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotesRef.
2008 Raajkumar Aaryyan Young Rajkumari BhairaviHindi
Ssshhhh... Phir Koi Hai Little girl in Rachit's dream
2008–2010 Balika Vadhu Young Anandi Singh [31]
2011–2016 Sasural Simar Ka Roli Dwivedi Bhardwaj [32]
2017–18 Laado – Veerpur Ki Mardani Anushka Sangwan Choudhary [33]
2019Khatra Khatra KhatraHerself [34] [35]
Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 9 Contestant12th place
2023 Mansion 24 SwapnaTelugu [36]
Vadhuvu Anjuri Indu [37]
2025–present Pati Patni Aur Panga ContestantHindi [38]

Music videos

YearTitleSinger(s)Ref.
2019"Doggy"Ishaan Khan [39]
2021"Dil Ko Mere" Rahul Jain
"Qurbaan" Stebin Ben, Asad Khan [40]

Awards and nominations

YearAward CeremonyCategoryWorkResultRef.
20088th Indian Television Academy Awards Best Child Artist Balika Vadhu Won [41]
[42]
Best Actress – Drama (Jury)
20099th Indian Television Academy Awards Best Child ArtistWon [43]
201010th Indian Television Academy Awards Won [44]
[45]
2014 3rd South Indian International Movie Awards Best Female Debut – Telugu Uyyala Jampala Won [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Stars sizzle at Rajiv Gandhi Awards". India Today. 19 August 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 "2014 SIIMA award winners list". The Times of India. 15 January 2017. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  3. ↑ "Happy Birthday Avika Gor: Five interesting facts we bet you didn't know about Balika Vadhu's Anandi". Pinkvilla . 30 June 2021. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
  4. ↑ "Avika Gor turns 19, brings in her birthday with Sasural Simar Ka actor Manish Raisinghan?". India Today. 30 June 2016. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
  5. ↑ "I'd love to do a Gujarati movie: Avika Gor". The Times of India. 29 April 2018. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 13 February 2024.
  6. ↑ Olivera, Roshni K. (22 December 2008). "Work? Acting is my hobby!". The Times of India . Archived from the original on 3 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Avika Gor says she gets work because of her talent and not social media: 'If you're trying to please...'". DNA India. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  8. ↑ "Exclusive: Avika Gor talks about Balika Vadhu, her Bollywood debut and the lessons she learnt". filmfare.com. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  9. ↑ Chowdhury, Titas (15 March 2022). "After debut Kazakh film, Avika Gor aims to be a global actor". Hindustan Times.
  10. ↑ "Avika Gor on working in a Kazakh project". The Tribune. 24 March 2022. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  11. ↑ Sur, Prateek (24 March 2022). "Avika Gor: People In Kazakhstan Are Familiar With Raj Kapoor, Shah Rukh Khan, Mithun Chakraborty". Outlook. Archived from the original on 6 April 2022. Retrieved 6 April 2022.
  12. ↑ Naresh, Nelki. "Shanmukha Review: ష‌ణ్ముఖ రివ్యూ - ఆది సాయికుమార్ డివోష‌న‌ల్ థ్రిల్ల‌ర్ మూవీ ఎలా ఉందంటే?". Hindustantimes Telugu (in Telugu). Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  13. ↑ "Shanmukha Review: A disappointing crime thriller". 123telugu. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  14. ↑ Mazumdar, Shreyanka (11 June 2025). "After Hina Khan-RockyJaiswal, Avika Gor And Fiance Milind Chandwani Join Pati Patni Aur Panga". News18 . Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  15. ↑ "Exclusive! Avika Gor reveals how boyfriend Milind Chandwani and she manage their long distance relationship". The Times of India. 15 November 2021. ISSN   0971-8257 . Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  16. ↑ "How Avika Gor met IIT graduate future husband Milind Chandwani? Check Balika Vadhu star's love story". The Economic Times. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 22 June 2025.
  17. ↑ "Exclusive! Avika Gor reveals how boyfriend Milind Chandwani and she manage their long distance relationship". The Indian Express. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
  18. ↑ "Avika Gor's serial a hit in the Telugu market - NDTV Movies". NDTVMovies.com. Archived from the original on 26 July 2017. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  19. ↑ "Avika Gor gets busy in Tollywood". Deccan Chronicle. 4 May 2014. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 22 November 2021.
  20. ↑ "Avika Gor comes to Sandalwood". The Times of India . 7 January 2014. Archived from the original on 10 January 2014.
  21. 1 2 "I took a break to understand what I want: Avika Gor". Hindustan Times. 19 May 2017. Archived from the original on 12 May 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
  22. ↑ Nayak, Elina Priyadarshini (16 January 2017). "Nikhil to revisit his Happy Days look in Ekkadiki Pothavu Chinnavada". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 13 June 2016. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  23. ↑ "'Raju Gari Gadhi 3' film review: Ashwin Babu and Avika Gor-starrer is a comedy gone rogue". The New Indian Express . India. 19 October 2019. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 8 February 2020.
  24. ↑ "Avika Gor's next '10th Class Diaries' talks about friendship, career goals". Telangana Today. 6 November 2021. Archived from the original on 5 February 2022. Retrieved 5 February 2022.
  25. ↑ Adivi, Sashidhar (4 April 2021). "Raashii Khanna and Naga Chaitanya team up". Deccan Chronicle. Archived from the original on 6 April 2021. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  26. ↑ "Знаменитая Ананди сыграет в фильме Коянбаева, о чем рассказала на казахском языке | NUR.KZ". 22 February 2021. Archived from the original on 19 February 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  27. ↑ Keshri, Shweta (24 April 2022). "Balika Vadhu star Avika Gor is set to make her Bollywood debut with Vikram Bhatt's 1920 Horrors of Heart". India Today. Archived from the original on 26 November 2022. Retrieved 28 April 2022.
  28. ↑ "Umapathi Review: Avika Gor Shines in This Rural Drama". Deccan Chronicle . 30 December 2023.
  29. ↑ "Avika Gor starrer Bloody Ishq goes on floors". Bollywood Hungama . 18 January 2024.
  30. ↑ "After Playing Bechari Roles Shanmukha Was A Good Change, Says Actress Avika Gor". Times Now. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2025.
  31. ↑ "Girl child woos viewers on Indian television". Reuters . 24 April 2009. Archived from the original on 8 November 2023.
  32. ↑ "I quit Sasural Simar Ka because I wanted a break: Avika Gor". Hindustan Times. 4 March 2016. Archived from the original on 22 December 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
  33. ↑ "Avika Gor on her role in TV show Laado 2: Won't be a victim of social evils but will stand up against them". The Indian Express. 2 November 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
  34. ↑ "Avika Gor on her role in TV show Laado 2: Won't be a victim of social evils but will stand up against them". The Indian Express. 2 November 2017. Archived from the original on 2 May 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  35. ↑ "Avika Gor aka Anushka steps into Ammaji's shoes in Laado - Veerpur Ki Mardaani". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 24 June 2018. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  36. ↑ "Avika Gor Collaborates With Her 'Raju Gari Gadhi 3' Director For Series 'Mansion 24'". 25 September 2023. Archived from the original on 18 October 2023. Retrieved 17 October 2023.
  37. ↑ "Trailer of Avika Gor's Vadhuvu out". Cinema Express .
  38. ↑ Das, Santanu (12 June 2025). "Day after announcing engagement, Avika Gor and Milind Chandwani join Pati Patni Aur Panga. Watch". Hindustan Times . Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  39. ↑ "Avika Gor to feature in 'Doggy' music video with Ishaan Khan". DNA India. 20 September 2019. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  40. ↑ "Music Video - 'Qurbaan' Sung By Stebin Ben And Asad Khan Featuring Aadil Khan And Avika Gor". The Times of India. Archived from the original on 16 September 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2021.
  41. ↑ "The Idea ITA Awards, 2008". Archived from the original on 20 August 2010.
  42. ↑ "IndianTelevisionAcademy.com". 24 October 2008. Archived from the original on 17 February 2012.
  43. ↑ "The Idea ITA Awards, 2009". Archived from the original on 9 September 2015.
  44. ↑ "The ITA Awards » The Indian Television Academy Awards". IndianTelevisionAcademy.com. 27 November 2015. Archived from the original on 20 August 2010.
  45. ↑ "The 10th Indian Television Academy Awards – Top −4". IndianTelevisionAcademy.com. 6 October 2010. Archived from the original on 1 February 2014.
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