Asmita Sood the talented actress who is presently seen in the Dangal show Janam Janam Ka Saath, has explored varied mediums and has gotten to become a better performer with every experience she has ben part of.
In an exclusive conversation with IWMBuzz.com, Asmita talks about her new role and show, and on her life and journey as a performer.
It seems like you are turning a baddie for the first time. Why did you attempt to go off the radar of being the positive one?
The decision to turn into a baddie is because I wanted to experiment with my calibre as an actor. The role seemed quite interesting. So I went with it. And it’s not like I’m not open to doing positive again, but I feel that doing a negative role gives me more leverage in terms of the experimentation that I can do with the role in itself. You know, there are so many shades I can play with. So I thought of doing that.
Tell us about your character in Janam Janam Ka Saath?
So, first of all, like the title says, Janam Janam Ka Sath is basically about reincarnation where it’s a story of three characters who are tied to each other across different lifetimes. And so, mine is somebody who’s, of course, I’m playing the gray character. She is in love with the protagonist. And she is sort of obsessed with him and can go to an extent to ensure that, he is with her. She’s basically an obsessive level, who turns into a negative because she’s not getting what she wants.
What is the USP of this show according to you?
According to me, the USP of the show is the fact that it spans almost a century, that is at 200 years in which the characters of the show, every character of the show gets an opportunity to sort of display their acting and, of course, different kinds of looks across the two lifestyle lifetimes. So that’s a very interesting thing about the show.
You have explored the mediums of TV as well as web and films. What are the aspects that bring satisfaction to you as a performer?
I have explored mediums of TV, web, as well as films. The biggest satisfaction, in my opinion, is getting a good response from the audience. So right now, if I’m doing a negative role, I think what will give me satisfaction is that the audience actually really, really hates the character for what she’s doing. So when that happens, I think I’ve done a good job. And yeah, basically, I think the audiences are the judge and they are. The ultimate reviews, the most honest reviews come from the audiences; so if I get a good response, I think that is going to give me satisfaction.
Is it easy in today’s competitive time to bag good roles? How have you been in this aspect?
I think in today’s competitive times, I again, don’t call it a competition. I think it’s an opportunity because there are different mediums for actors to perform right now. There’s the web, there’s TV, there are films, there are festival firms, there are short firms, there’s just so much content that is coming on, that’s happening right now. So I think actors have a great array of choices, they can make choices about what roles they want to pick and what roles they want to perform. So, for me, also, post COVID, I have actually met a lot of people for different kinds of roles, and auditioned for different kinds of roles, which have been interesting. I think there’s no dearth of opportunities right now, and good roles as well. Every medium has its own USP and every medium has different kinds of rules for people to perform. So we have a huge choice. Every medium comes with its own kind of performance rules. So there’s a lot there’s a lot. There’s abundance.
What are the biggest learnings that you have got in your career?
The biggest learnings that I’ve got in my career are that If at all you don’t get cast in a role doesn’t mean that you’re not a good actor. It’s just that the brief of the show, or the web series that we’re doing is different. That’s about it. And secondly, it’s very important to keep going, keep trusting, and have faith in yourself and always know that even though this industry is extremely unpredictable, there is always light at the end of the tunnel. So we should have faith in our process, and we should trust the process. There’s no point getting depressed or sad or upset about things because ultimately, a lot of things are not in our hands.
Any regrets you possess?
I don’t think in my career I’ve had any regrets per se they’ve all been learnings and learnings in a very good way. So every setback has always helped me grow in a better way as a human being.
