Asmith Sood
Asmita Sood hails from Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. She is a commerce graduate. She was a participant in Channel V's Get Gorgeous and was also a Miss India finalist in ,
Sood made her acting debut with a Telugu film Brammigadi Katha which also stars Varun Sandesh in the lead role. It had a 50-day box office run. In , Sood debuted in Kannada films with Victory which also stars Sharan in the lead role. It was followed by her Malayalam debut in the anthology Sundarikal in which she played Ami, a Muslim girl who gets married at a young age.
Presently she is acting in a lead role with Sudheer Babu in the Telugu film Aadu Magaadra Bujji.[ In the film she plays Indu, a bubbly and chirpy college-goer. Sood's other upcoming films are Aa Aiduguru (, in which she will be seen as a cop, and Ok .Model-turned-actress Asmita Sood, also a Miss India finalist in , gets set to make her Kannada debut with Victory, which also stars Sharan in the lead role. The actress, who's originally from Himachal Pradesh, made her acting debut with a Telugu film and followed that up with a couple of Malayalam films, before signing up for her first in Kannada. She talks to BT about her discovery of south cinemas, B-Town dreams, and of how she was mistaken as actor Sonu Sood's sister...
How did you get your first break? I was happy doing print ads and felt my dream was fulfilled the minute I was among the Miss India finalists. Soon after, I received a call from a coordinator asking me to audition for a Telugu film. I refused, and told her that I had no idea what Telugu was. I was very ignorant back then and had no idea there were four languages spoken in south India. But after she coaxed me and said how the producer thought I would suit the role, I agreed and went to Hyderabad for the audition, and that's how I got my first break.
Considering you had no idea about the Telugu film industry, how did you decide to get in to acting? I began to understand the Telugu film industry once I started shooting for the film. Only then did I also learn that, besides Telugu, there are Malayalam, Tamil and Kannada film industries. I also made some very good friends during the shoot of my first film, who guided me throughout. I'd also make the effort to understand the industry by watching Telugu films and observing the actresses and their expressions. I decided to be an actress only after my first film released. When I saw the energy, love and appreciation the film received, and the kind of respect I got as an actor, I understood the power of cinema.