Passion and love for boxing has brought much recognition and accolades for 22-year-old Odia lad Shobhya Ranjan Mishra (Sovlin).
A national-level boxing player, Shobhya was the silver medalist at the All India Engineering National Summit, 2014 and 2015 held in Pune.
Born to Priyambada and Sunil Mishra of Balangir, Shobhya has done his high school education from the Saraswati Sishu Vidya Mandir, Balangir. Since his schooldays, he was always an athlete. He has won many competitions, including 100-meter and other tracks and field events like long jump, high jump, tri jump at school and district levels.
Besides boxing, the youngster has immense interest in modeling and acting and waiting for a big break in the entertainment industry. He spoke to The Pioneer about his achievements and dreams.
When asked on what urged him to take up boxing, the youngster said, “I was taking Karate classes when I was a Class-IX student. Since then I was passionate about mastering a certain style of marital art or sport. later, when I joined Chennai as a mechanical engineering student, I got myself admitted to the boxing training class. We have a coach and we play the sport regularly. I am a team member of the boxing team of the university.”
During his graduation, he participated in a number of boxing championships across the country including the All India National University Boxing Championship in Jalandhar, Punjab, where he managed to reach the quarter-finals, semi-finals.
On his hobbies, the boxer said he has interest in writing, acting and modeling, singing and painting. The youth has walked in a few ramp shows and also acted in a few albums and theatres.
A break in the entertainment industry under a big banner is yet to come on the way of Shobhya. He plans to join the acting school of Anupam Kher in Mumbai soon.
When asked, Shobhya said, “I am an artist since childhood. I used to take part in annual functions of my school and college. My parents and friends have appreciated my acting aptitude and their words of encouragement are my inspiration. Despite the fact that I don’t have any godfather in the entertainment industry, I am hopeful of getting a big break in the entertainment industry due to my hard work.”