HIMANSHU GURU, OP
Suvasmita Jena is a popular model and an aspiring actress with the goal of making it big on the big screen…
Many girls choose modelling as route to stardom. Meet Suvasmita Jena who has recently joined this league. The gorgeous youngster has been crowned at many beauty pageants like the FBB Femina Miss Odisha, India, Miss Valentine and Apsara. She also got the chance to work with some fashion biggies from Mumbai. The bubbly girl’s debut film as lead heroine, Tike Anadi Pura Khiladi, is about to release shortly. Orissa POST chats with Suvasmita about her modelling career and the experience of shooting her first film.
Born to Bebina and the late Pramod Kumar Jena in Bhubaneswar, Suvasmita did HSC from Vivekananda Sikshya Kendra and completed Plus II from Rama Devi Women’s University. She persuaded her integrated Graduation in Science from BJB College in 2015. Businessman Prashant is her elder brother. She learned Odissi dance from Bharat sir, who was her teacher in school.
“As a child I won a number of prizes in inter-school dance competitions. I think I am full of art and so explored myself to the fullest. Later, during graduation one Pupul bhai, who was a senior to me, referred me for the Apsara beauty pageant in 2014. Accordingly, I joined the beauty contest and became the runners up. As a professional it was the beginning and since then I have achieved success in many other contests,” Suvasmita said about her early days in the entertainment industry.
“I reached the ‘top five’ bracket in FBB Femina Miss Odisha, India, 2015 and also earned a subtitle in the contest. I went on to become Summer queen 2015, was lucky to become Miss Valentine 2015 and was the runner-up in the Fashion Odisha beauty contest. Besides, I have participated in many beauty pageants including FBB Rupashree Raja,” Suvasmita intimated about her modeling career.
Asked whether she has got chance to work under renowned names of the fashion industry, the youngster said: “I worked under fashion show director and stylist Yatin Gandhi and Shivalika Sharma from Mumbai from whom I learned about fashion choreography. Besides, I have appeared in some TV commercials for reputed brands. I have even judged a few children’s dance competitions and fashion shows.”
Suvasmita has also received training in Odissi dance. She said, “I know about Mangalacharan, Stayee, Abhinaya and a few other things of Odissi. I have taken training under the tutelage of Bharat sir but during examination in Class XII I had to leave the training to focus on studies and later could not get a chance to learn more.”
The upcoming actress has not received training in acting. But she was lucky to get an opportunity to enact the role of the leading lady in the upcoming film Tike Anadi Pura Khiladi. Asked how she grabbed the opportunity the youngster said, “I had appeared in the audition of an Oriya film titled Indrajeet. I got selected. Although that film was not made, I was offered this film and I happily accepted.”
Didn’t she fell camera-shy as a newbie? Suvasmita replied: “Of course. I have walked the ramp several times and never felt nervous. But after facing the camera I came to know how difficult acting was. However, I got the chance to relax as I played the character of Sanjana, a model, in the film. Since I have good experience of ramp shows I didn’t face much difficulty to execute the shots. But till now, I know I need to learn many things.”
Getting by heart the dialogues and mouthing them at the proper time with modulation is the most difficult part of acting. So, how does the newbie handle this part? The upcoming actress said, “Getting the dialogues by heart is a talent and I think I have been naturally provided with it. So, dialogue delivery is not a big issue for me. However, I find it difficult to give the reaction shots. And sometimes you are asked to give the reaction shots when you are the only actor in front of the camera. I mean nobody will deliver a dialogue for which you would have to give the reaction shot, and you are required to give the shot at your own.”
Asked to narrate a memorable experience during the shoot Suvasmita said, “In a shot I was required to give facial expression in the foreground and immediately exit the frame and the focus (of the camera) would be shifted to the group, dancing in the wide angle, led by the hero. In that shot I missed the exit time a number of times before a perfect shot could be captured. Karan (the hero) and the group had to sweat a lot for my inability. I must thank them all for the support.”
