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Anvita Sudarshan Biography: Age, Career, Family and More

F4U Editorial Desk • Updated October 3, 2026 • 6 min read

Quick Info

Date of birth1991

Age29 (in 2019)

BirthplaceMysore, Karnataka

ProfessionFilmmaker

NationalityIndian

FamilyFather: Dr. R. Sudarshana; Mother: Padma Sudarshan

Anvita Sudarshan Biography

Anvita Sudarshan is an Indian filmmaker, actor and author from Mysore, Karnataka. Trained in filmmaking with degrees from international institutions, she’s

Early life and background

Anvita Sudarshan was born in Mysore, Karnataka, and raised there. The available information places her year of birth as 1991, making her 29 years old in 2019. Her father is Dr. R. Sudarshana, who has served as an advisor at the UN Security Council, and her mother is Padma Sudarshan. From a young age she engaged with publishing and editorial work, editing Geo Junior at age 14 and later working with children’s and cultural publications.

Education and training

Anvita pursued formal training in the dramatic and cinematic arts. Her studies include time at the New York Film Academy and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Arts. She holds a master’s degree in filmmaking. Those educational experiences informed both her creative practice and her professional ambitions in film, theatre and storytelling.

Career

Anvita’s early media experience included editorial roles for children’s publications and work with the Amar Chitra Katha group as an assistant editor. She later moved into film and visual media production, initially serving as an assistant director on the project Monozygotics in 2015. Subsequent roles included work with teams on Vritant and at Green TV India, where she has been credited as a creative producer.

She co-founded a visual media company called Haus of Slang in 2016, positioning herself as a producer and creative lead. As a director, her short film Sadak Chaap premiered at the Short Film Corner of the Cannes Film Festival in 2015. Her production and development work has also included scripts and documentaries focused on rural communities and village industries, produced for the Khadi and Village Industries Commission of the Government of India.

On-screen work and publishing

Alongside behind-the-camera roles, Anvita has performed on screen. She appeared in the Hindi web series Asur (2020), portraying the character Raina Singh. Her on-camera credits extend to appearances in television commercials for brands such as Enrich Salon, Bausch & Lomb and Big Bazaar.

In 2017 she published a book titled Beauty Queen: The Pathway to Pageantry, sharing guidance and insight from her experience in pageantry and related fields.

Pageant and public-facing activities

Anvita has been active in the pageant circuit. She won Miss India Kuwait in 2011 and participated in competitions including Miss India South (2010), I Am She Miss India Universe (2011) and Miss India Worldwide (2012). She later served as a judge at pageants such as Miss India New York and Miss India USA in 2013.

Public profile

Anvita lists a range of creative interests outside film: reading, writing, singing and cooking. Her physical profile records a height of 173 cm (1.73 m / 5'8") and black hair and eyes. She has described an ongoing fascination with theatre, dance and the technical craft of filmmaking, and has worked as an assistant to filmmaker Aditya Bhattacharya in the course of developing her career.

Latest updates

Selected recent highlights from her career include the publication of her pageantry guide in 2017 and her acting role in the web series Asur in 2020. She continues to be active across filmmaking, production and publishing, often working at the intersection of narrative film, documentary development and cultural projects.
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Recent Work

Sadak Chaap

Directorial short film that premiered at the Short Film Corner of the Cannes Film Festival

2015
Beauty Queen: The Pathway to Pageantry

Book published offering guidance on pageantry

2017
Asur

Appeared in the Hindi web series as the character Raina Singh

2020
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Career Highlights

  1. Directed Sadak Chaap, premiered at Cannes Short Film Corner (2015)
  2. Co-founded Haus of Slang (2016)
  3. Published Beauty Queen: The Pathway to Pageantry (2017)
  4. Appeared as Raina Singh in the web series Asur (2020)
  5. Won Miss India Kuwait (2011) and competed in multiple national and international pageants
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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Anvita Sudarshan born?

1991

What is Anvita Sudarshan known for?

Filmmaker