All you need to know about UP65's Antari  - Ria Nalavade

Team OTTplay

June 17, 2023

Into the big league

Ria Nalavade's first tryst with fame came when she won a national campus talent hunt

Big screen calling

Ria, who was based out of Bengaluru then,  was chosen as the heroine of a Nikhil Kumaraswamy film

Disappointment in store

After much deliberation, RIa was dropped in favour of Rachita Ram. Her attempts to debut in Kannada cinema were futile

Budding model

Under fashion guru Prasad Bidapa's tutelage, Ria began modeling for the ramp and commercials

Destination Mumbai

Determined to make a name for herself in showbiz, Ria moved to Mumbai to pursue a course in acting

Finally in cinema

In Mumbai, Ria got to work on the Marathi films Three Legged Horse and  Manmauji, as well as a web show called Sunflower

Turning filmmaker

Trained in screenwriting, Ria made her directorial debut with the short film, Kas Ke Pakad

Skating to global recognition

Ria has been training to use the skateboard for an international project, Dance of a Thousand Steps, to be shot abroad

UP65's Antari

As UP65's Antari Singhania, she's skateboarder, a school topper and a city girl finding her place in the Engineering college campus