Vithika Sheru

Vithika was born on February 2, 1994 in Bhimavaram, Andhra Pradesh.She did her schooling from Mumbai and Hyderabad. She pursued a postgraduate diploma in fashion design from the Lakhotia Institute of Design, Abids, Hyderabad.[2] She is married to actor Varun Sandesh.[3]

Vithika started acting as a child artist at age 11, appearing in Telugu television series,[4] and made her film debut at age 15 in the Kannada film Anthu Inthu Preethi Banthu.[5] She stated that her Kannada debut happened by chance when she accompanied her aunt, who is a stylist, to the film sets where she was spotted and offered a role in the film.[2] A remake of the Telugu film Aadavari Matalaku Ardhale Verule, she played the role that Swati Reddy played in the original, after which she appeared in another Kannada film Ullasa Utsaha.[6]

She then went on to work in Telugu cinema. During 2008 and 2009, she starred under the name Keerthi in a few low budget Telugu films like Preminchu Rojullo,[7] Chalo 123 [8] and My Name is Amrutha.[9] She later worked as a supporting actress in the films Jhummandi Naadam and Bheemili Kabaddi Jattu, before landing a lead role in the Telugu film Prema Ishq Kaadhal. She played the role of a college student in the film,[10] for which she also did the complete costume styling.[11] In 2014, she made her Tamil film debut with Uyir Mozhi, in which she played a visually challenged girl.[12] To prepare for the role, she said, she had to learn Braille and was blindfolded for many days.[13]

2015 she was seen as the lead female in Paddanandi Premalo Mari directed by debutant Mahesh Upputuri. She played Shravani, a girl "who is both traditional and modern and changes her attitude depending on situations", and also designed her own costumes for the film.[14] She has completed her second Tamil film Mahabalipuram.[2] She also shot for a Tamil film titled Vedikkai along with Vidharth.[4]

She has been the brand ambassador for brands like RK’s Grand Mall, Bhargavi Fashions, Bhima Jewellery & Tasyaah.