Asmita Sood
Born
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
NationalityIndian
Occupations
Years active2010–present

Asmita Sood is an Indian model and actress. She made her acting debut with the 2011 Telugu film Brammigadi Katha.[1] Sood has endorsed over 40 brands. She has been a part of two television shows: Star Plus's Phir Bhi Na Maane...Badtameez Dil and Sony TV's Dil Hi Toh Hai.

Early life

Asmita Sood hails from Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. She is a commerce graduate.[2]

Career

She is The Co-Founder of Off-Grid.Off-Grid is India's brand new techno music festival, a venture of actress Asmita and music enthusiast and lawyer Aman Lakhani. More than 600 revelers from across the country traveled to witness the music festival which was held at Kullu.

Modeling career

Sood started her modelling career towards the end of 2010 after participating in TV reality show Channel V's Get Gorgeous.[3] She later participated at the 2011 Femina Miss India beauty pageant, ending up as one of the finalists.[4] She is a professionally trained Kathak dancer.[5]

Film career

Sood made her acting debut with a Telugu film Brammigadi Katha (2011),[6] which also stars Varun Sandesh in the lead role.[7] It had a 50-day box office run.[8] In 2013, Sood debuted in Kannada films with Victory,[9][10] which also stars Sharan in the lead role. It was followed by her Malayalam debut in the anthology 5 Sundarikal in which she played Ami, a Muslim girl who gets married at a young age.[3]

She was next seen opposite Sudheer Babu in the Telugu film Aadu Magaadra Bujji. In the film she played Indu, a "bubbly and chirpy college-goer".[11] Sood's following releases were Aa Aiduguru (2013), in which she was seen as a police officer,[11] and Ok (2013). In 2015, she was shooting for her second Malayalam film, Lukka Chuppi.[12]

Television career

She also worked in a Hindi show Phir Bhi Na Maane...Badtameez Dil on Star Plus as Meher Purohit opposite Pearl V Puri. She was about to play the role of Gauri in Qayamat Ki Raat, but later on Karishma Tanna was finalized to play the role. In 2018, She was seen as Setu in Sony TV's Dil Hi Toh Hai which ended in 2020.[13] From November 2022 to February 2023, she played the negative role, Trishala in Dangal show Janam Janam Ka Saath opposite Gaurav S Bajaj.[14]

Music videos

She appeared in the music videos Filhall (2019) with Akshay Kumar.[15]

Filmography

Films

YearTitleRoleLanguageNotes
2011 Brammigadi Katha Maya Telugu Telugu Debut film
2013 Victory Priya Kannada Kannada Debut film
5 Sundarikal Aami Malayalam Malayalam Debut film
Aadu Magaadra Bujji Indu Telugu
2014 Ok
Aa Aiduguru
Adyaksha Kalyani Kannada Guest appearance
2015 Lukka Chuppi Radhika Malayalam
2018 Victory 2 Priya Kannada

Television shows

YearTitleRoleLanguageChannel
2010 Get Gorgeous Contestant Hindi Channel V
2015 Phir Bhi Na Maane...Badtameez Dil Meher Purohit Star Plus
2018–2020 Dil Hi Toh Hai Shweta "Setu" Pathak Sony TV/ALT Balaji
2022–2023 Janam Janam Ka Saath[16] Trishala Dangal

Web series

YearTitleRolePlatformNotesRef.
2020 Poison 2 Tina ZEE5 Debut web series [17][18]

Music videos

YearSongSingerCo-Starring
2019 Filhall B Praak Akshay Kumar

References

  1. ↑ "Not related to Sonu Sood: Asmita Sood". Times of India. 2013-02-05.
  2. ↑ "Actress Asmita Sood always wanted to be a doctor - Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
  3. 1 2 "A gorgeous girl in town | Deccan Chronicle". Archived from the original on 13 November 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  4. ↑ "Sonu Sood doesn't want to be my brother: Asmita Sood". Times of India. 2013-08-16.
  5. ↑ "Tollywood divas step up the dance moves". The Times of India.
  6. ↑ m.l. narasimham (14 May 2011). "An entertaining potboiler". The Hindu.
  7. ↑ "Brammigadi Katha Review". Indiaglitz.com. 2011-07-01.
  8. ↑ Y. Sunita Chowdhury (21 September 2013). "Etcetera". The Hindu.
  9. ↑ "Asmitten by Sandalwood | Deccan Chronicle". Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 27 November 2013.
  10. ↑ Staff Correspondent (11 August 2013). "It's clean humour with a message, says Sharan about his movie". The Hindu.
  11. 1 2 "Asmita Sood on a roll". The Times of India.
  12. ↑ "I enjoy being treated like a kid on the set". The Times of India.
  13. ↑ "Asmita Sood to play Yogita's best friend in Dil Hi Toh Hai - Times of India". The Times of India. She is one of the best actresses in Tollywood. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  14. ↑ "Exclusive! I am tired of playing sugary sweet roles, says Asmita Sood who will now play the negative lead in TV show Janam Janam - Times of India". The Times of India.
  15. ↑ "'Filhaal' song: Akshay Kumar, Nupur Sanon showcase heart-touching love tale". ANI News. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  16. ↑ "Asmita Sood excited about playing negative character in 'Janam Janam Ka Sath' - Times of India". The Times of India.
  17. ↑ "Poison 2 (Zee5) Web Series Watch Online, Cast, Trailer, Release Date". Bollywood News 23. 14 September 2020. Retrieved 29 September 2020.
  18. ↑ Service, Tribune News. "Asmita Sood talks about Poison 2 where she plays the lead". Tribuneindia News Service. Retrieved 1 March 2021.
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