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Tollywood to Hollywood: Meet Avantika Vandanapu, the first South Asian to lead a Disney channel film

Tollywood to Hollywood: Meet Avantika Vandanapu, the first South Asian to lead a Disney channel film

by Global Indian | Aug 27, 2021

(August 28, 2021) Who could have possibly thought that in between the perfectly whitewashed Disney channel films like High School Musical, Camp Rock and Descendants, one would find Spin? But it’s 2021, and Hollywood seems to finally be warming up to South Asian...

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