Brazilian belle Jeniffer to debut with Satyadev

Brazilian model and actress Jeniffer Piccinato, who recently awestruck us all with her performance in Ram Setu and Freddy, is all set to make her Tollywood debut with Satyadev. In an exclusive chat with The Pioneer, the actress talks about shooting for the film, learning the language, and her fondest memories in Hyderabad.

Shikha Duggal

In our recent interview, Freddy fame Jeniffer Piccinato dropped the scoop: her south debut with Satyadev. Not just fans, there are few biggies too who are waiting to see this Brazilian actress shine in Tollywood screens, as per our inside sources. She has been roped in by Eashvar Karthic and her upcoming film is slated to release soon.

In another exclusive conversation with us, the actress who recently returned from Hyderabad where she was shooting for her next south project tells, “It was the reverse while shooting with Satyadev than in Ram Setu, gave him a shocker that soon I am going to be doing a film with you in Tollywood. It’s a lead role and Satyadev has nothing to do with any recommendations!”

She loves challenges, she loves the opportunity to learn something new. And to really challenge herself and see what she can do next! Even when she was first approached for the Ram Setu, she asked if there were any stunts, specifically anything to do with martial arts, because that’s what she is already familiar with.

“While I was here in Hyderabad, my focus was just not on shooting but learnt a little about their culture, cuisine. I noticed how these south superstars encourage their fans to engage in social services too. They come forward for any tragic natural calamity that comes up selflessly. So, I am sure their fans don’t follow them just for their histrionics but also for their personalities,” she shared.

Soon going to be seen in Gajendra Verma starrer Thai Massage too, Jeniffer explores more and says, “Yes, people warned me that it’s difficult to act in the south because they are so efficient. However, I could relate to them because I also hail from a completely different country speaking my own language that many of you won’t understand, which is Portuguese. The challenges were the same, because I am an international model. I travel across the countries! So I learnt Telugu, picked up the mannerisms. Although, I didn’t struggle as much down-south. I am open to Tamil projects too.”

She took a couple of years to really find her way to work with the languages. The experience of auditioning for big parts in Hindi was also very, very challenging for her back then. She has also auditioned for films in Italian!

“To be specific, I am looking to do a role in a film like Baahubali, larger than life stories is my knack. It’s amazing to see the grandeur of sets directors like S.S.Rajamouli build. Crores of rupees are spent on lavish sets in order to give the audience an illusion of a certain place. These are the movies that overwhelm me. You get suck into it!”, she adds. Also, desiring to be part of an action project or maybe a crime series, where she could show her jiu jitsu skills and be badass is what she told us.

She continued, “After I wrapped Ram Setu, was approached soon after it. I told the director I’ll make myself available for the project not knowing my dates. My fans are going to go woah. I hardly watch my takes on sets, but for the Telugu film I am going to. I would love to see my outcome! The way my director sculptured this character for me, I was extra motivated. I am going to be seen as a fervid protagonist from beginning to end. But, she’s just a ten percentage of me in real life. She’s extreme everyday (she laughed)”

Sharing her fondest memories from Hyderabad, she states, “I was here filming for an Aha Video series. Interestingly, my family was in Hyderabad to spend their vacation with me. They were enamoured by the Nizami culture, the famous Biryani. My mum went gaga over it, you must check out my mother and brother’s face when hogging biryani. The Chowmahalla Palace was the main attraction for us — if there was history there, there was modernity too.”

She so believes that her manifestation made on the sets of Ram Setu with Satyadev has only come true, she shook hands with him and said her goodbyes only to know that it’s the beginning of something new in Tollywood cinema. When she asked the direction team: who is the hero and the response comes as Satyadev, she was overjoyed in true sense.