Sindura: Star in the making

Arindam Ganguly, OP
Bhubaneswar: Miracles happen sometimes, out of the blue. A similar thing happened in case of Sindura Rout who thinks a miracle has happened in her life. The Bhubaneswar-born girl got to do her debut Telugu movie Maro Drushyam, a science horror. Talking to Orissa POST Sindura says she got break into movies while doing a commercial. She said the director watched her ad video along with his production unit and called a her to narrate the film’s story after which she was signed for the movie. The film was released in the theatres December 15, 2017.

The 17-year-old girl, a trained dancer, was into modelling when she was just 15. She told Orissa POST the movie was the directorial debut of actor K Rajendra Prasad who is the lead actor of the movie. The science horror depicts the use of a memory chip in human brain. “I am the CEO of a company in whose office a girl was gangraped by three employees. How I take action to give justice is at the root of the chief plot in the movie,” said Sindura. A trained Odissi, Kathak, folk and western dancer, Sindura was a Kabaddi player and had represented her school and college. She performed Odissi in 2011 and set a Guinness record.

She said she always dreamed of making her mark in the film industry. I started modelling very early and had featured in a CNN-sponsored Swaccha Bharat ad in 2015. She recently bagged another Telugu movie which is due for release early next year. The post production work of the film is in process. She has also acted in a Hindi musical album in which Alka
Yagnik had done the playback singing. Her entry into films has been smooth till now, but she knows entry into Hindi movies is not that easy. “I will take the step-by-step approach. I am at present doing several things at one go. Apart from films, I was doing my bachelor’s
degree in chemistry in Utkal University. I want to do good in studies too,” she asserted. She claimed her mother was her supporting pillar. “My father who had died last year was very proud of my achievement,” said Sindura who was in talks with her director to release her film in Orissa .

Some Oriya actresses who made their mark in film industry elsewhere in the country in 2017 are chronicled hereunder:

Annie Prince Oriya girl Annie Prince Nag of Jeypore hogged headlines after she bagged her first Kannada movie Nanobne Ollevnu wherein she had played a college girl. She also won the Miss India Elegant 2017 beauty pageant held in Bangalore. The Jeypore girl went to Bangalore to pursue higher studies. She has a BA degree in journalism and psychology from Oxford College.

Aishwarya Behera Oriya film actor Aishwarya known for her comic roles has done an Indo-Russian movie Elixir of Immortality , which is her first film directed by Stanislav Aistov. She plays the role of a dancer, Maya, who during her journey gets to comprehend the philosophy of life. She has acted with the ‘India Got Talent’-fame dance group, the Prince dance group of Berhampur. The film was released in select theatres and was screened in international festivals like Sundance film festival.

Shruti Das Mohapatra Oriya actor Shruti had done her first Bengali movie Andhare Alo , an Art House film by Akshay Kumar Parija and directed by Ashok Viswanathan. The film stars Saswat Chatterjee, Jay Sengupta and Payal Sarkar. She plays a village girl of Baripada.