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Asmita Sood is an Indian model and actress. She made her acting debut with the 2011 Telugu film Brahmi Gadi Katha. 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.

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. She later participated at the 2011 Femina Miss India beauty pageant, ending up as one of the finalists. She is a professionally trained Kathak dancer.

Film career

Sood made her acting debut with a Telugu film Brahmi Gadi Katha (2011), which also stars Varun Sandesh in the lead role. It had a 50-day box office run. In 2013, 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 5 Sundarikal in which she played Ami, a Muslim girl who gets married at a young age.

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". Sood's following releases were Aa Aiduguru (2014), in which she was seen as a police officer, and Ok (2013). In 2015, she was shooting for her second Malayalam film, Lukka Chuppi.

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. From November 2022 to February 2023, she played the negative role, Trishala in Dangal show Janam Janam Ka Saath opposite Gaurav S Bajaj.

Music videos

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

Filmography

Films

Television shows

Web series

Music videos

References

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External links

• Asmita Sood at IMDb

• Actresses in Kannada cinema
• Actresses in Malayalam cinema
• Actresses in Telugu cinema
• Indian film actresses
• Living people
• People from Shimla
• Actresses from Himachal Pradesh
• Actresses in Hindi television
• Indian television actresses