FilmySphere Interview with Shilpi Sharma, Akramana Actress

Director Prashanth Kumar’s Akramana is all ready to release tomorrow and we happened to talk to actress Shilpi Sharma who has played a prominent role in the movie. Shilpi is based in Mumbai and has already acted in the Telugu movie Green Signal. She was also seen in the TV series Kahaani Chandrakantha Ki which garnered her a lot of popularity. She is currently working on a Telugu movie and a Tamil movie under the banner of Tirupati Brothers.

Already the winner of titles ‘Miss Delhi Queen’, ‘Femina Miss India – State Pageant’, ‘Miss Body Beautiful’, ‘Miss Beautiful Smile’, and ‘Miss Pune’, read on as Shilpi shared her experience of acting in Akramana.

FilmySphere: How did you get involved in the movie Akramana?

Shilpi Sharma: I am based in Mumbai and my casting director learnt about a requirement for a Kannada movie and sent in my photographs. It was intended to be a guest role and the director Prashanth, who was impressed with my photos, called me for an audition. After the initial costume and dialogue tests, a small workshop was conducted to familiarize me with the role. Upon learning about the story and my character, I was moved and wanted to do it. Moreover, knowing it was a 3D movie added further excitement to the overall feel.

FS: How was your experience shooting for Akramana?

Shilpi: It was a great experience working on the sets of Akramana. I got to work with a very dedicated and supportive team who were very hardworking. With the help of such a team, I managed to cope with the language constraints quite easily. There was a particular song ‘Bul Bul’ with a retro feel to it where I was clad in a retro attire. The whole experience and style made it seem very close to my heart and I enjoyed every bit of it. I frequently would go look at the monitor at myself in 3D after a shot was completed (laughs).

FS: Tell us about your role in Akramana.

Shilpi: Though in reality I’m not a very superstitious person, the role I was asked to play was close to it thematically. I play the role of an NRI doctor named Kaveri, whose parents are killed at an early age. Kaveri comes back to her village to serve the people there, but she faces opposition from her own brother who is a follower of an Aghori baba. She pretty soon garners the faith of the villagers but her parents’ killers have a hatch plotted against her. How she takes revenge on them forms the rest of the story.

FS: Tell us about your co-stars.

Shilpi: I had a great time working with Raghu Mukherjee, who plays a cop in the film. Raghu would often help me with the language. Also, I had a very cordial relationship with Daisy Shah, who plays Raghu’s love interest in the movie. Makarand Deshapande plays a very important role as the Aghori and watching him act with all his prowess and experience was itself a visual treat. Senior actor Avinash plays my brother and a Siberian actor, Marco, plays my love interest in the movie. Overall, it was a wonderful experience working with all of these actors and professionals.

FS: What can the audience expect from Akramana in all?

Shilpi: Firstly, it is the first 3D Kannada horror movie releasing which itself carries a huge curiosity quotient to it. Prashanth Kumar has crafted the movie beautifully with the right mix for suspense, horror quotient, action, and romance. The performances are very fine and the characters carry a lot of emotions with them enabling the audience to sympathize with the prominent characters. Overall, Akramana is high on its entertainment factor and would easily appeal to the mass and class audience.