Khushbu and Sundar C’s daughter Avantika set for Mollywood entry with ‘Aarambham’; FIRST title poster revealed

Avantika Sundar, the daughter of actor Khushbu Sundar and director Sundar C, is set to make her Malayalam debut with ‘Aarambham’. The film began production with a puja ceremony in Chavakkad, Thrissur. The upcoming film is directed by Sujesh Annie Eapen.

Sources close to the project confirmed that Avantika will play a character named Arathi in the film.

Avantika completed an acting course in London. "My elder one just finished her acting course with flying colors in one of the most prestigious acting school in London. Her struggle starts now as she wants to make it on her own. So no, we won't be launching her or recommending her anywhere. She needs your blessings," Khushbu said in 2022.

Talking to Hindustan Times earlier, Avantika said that her parents never offered to launch her. "I never thought that my parents should launch me. Personally, I didn’t want that, but I would also be lying if I said I’ll just wait for someone to come approach me or I’ll do it on my own. I think it would be wrong of me not to acknowledge that I have a leg up in the film industry thanks to who my parents are. Asking my mom to at least connect me with industry people is what I can do,” she said. The Starkid further added, “My parents didn’t offer to launch me either. The thought is that I should do it on my own, and I do want to make it on my own. But yes, I do need help with getting connected to people since I have that advantage. And it would be wrong of me to say that I did it on my own - it wouldn’t be possible without their support.”




Actors Saritha, Althaf Salim, Indrans, Vijayaraghavan, Krishna Sankar, and Kalabhavan Shajohn will be seen in some important roles in the film. The makers will film in various locations, including Kunnamkulam, Chavakkad, and Kollamkode. The makers also dropped the film's title poster.

Check out the poster here.

Actors Sunil Sugatha, Viji Venkatesh, Noby Marcos, Rajesh Sharma, Ramesh Kottayam, Soumya Bhagyam Pillai, Sphadikam George, Senthil Krishna, Shins, Thazhava Sahadevan, Priyanka, Shiny Sara, Unni Raja, Kumar Sethu, Shobi Thilakan, Sajimon, Lishoy, Shanavas, Munnar Ramesh, Jinu Kottayam, Ranjan Dev, Aardra Mohan, Arnav, and Hari Namboothiri are also part of the cast.

Joselet Joseph and Ajoy Thampi jointly crafted the story and screenplay.

On the technical front, Ajayan Vincent handled the cinematography, and Renjan Abraham is the editor. Gopi Sundar will compose the music for the film.

Sabu Mohan is the art director, while Surya Sekhar did the costumes. Jithesh Poyya is the makeup artist.Get the latest entertainment updates from the Times of India, along with the latest Hindi movies, upcoming Hindi movies in 2026 , and Telugu movies.”