Asin
Thottumkal - Asin born October 26, 1985 is an award-winning Indian film
actress who appears in various regional Indian movies. She is among the
most popular actresses in the film industry.Making her acting debut in
Sathyan Anthikkad's Narendra Makan Jayakanthan Vaka (2001), Asin had her
first commercial success with Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi in 2003, and
won a Filmfare Award for the Best Telugu Actress for the film.After a
number of critically and commercially successful films, she received her
second South Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in her
second Tamil film, Ghajini (2005). She played the lead female roles in
two consecutive top grossers, Ghajini (2005) which is her biggest
commercial success to date, and the action comedy Varalaru (2006) and
this way has established herself as one of the most prominent leading
actresses of South Indian cinema. More recently, Asin has been making a
debut in Bollywood, in Ghajini, the remake of its Tamil namesak.Early
life and backgroundAsin was a business woman before coming to the acting
career.CareerAsin Thottumkal debuted in the Malayalam film Narendra
Makan Jayakanthan Vaka in 2001, directed by Sathyan Anthikkad. Her
breakthrough as an actress came with her first Telugu language film when
she played the role of a Tamil girl in the successful Amma Nanna O
Tamila Ammayi opposite Ravi Teja.Initially many in the Tamil industry
considered her to be a jinx as the initial movies she signed in Tamil
were either canceled, delayed or faced financial problems. Although she
signed Ullam Ketkumae as her first Tamil film, her first release was M.
Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi which was a remake of her Telugu film Amma
Nanna O Tamila Ammayi. The movie went on to be one of the biggest hits
in 2004 and introduced Asin to Kollywood.Her movie Ghajini with Surya,
which was released both in Tamil and Telugu, was a box office hit in
both industries. She has become famous since then and went on to win the
Filmfare Best Actress Award South for her role in Ghajini. Many movies
followed and Asin played opposite some popular actors in South Indian
Cinema, among them Surya, Vijay, Vikram and Ajith, with whom she starred
in Pokiri with Vijay, Gharshana with Venkatesh, and Varalaru&
Aalwar with Ajith Kumar.Asin is also brand ambassador for various
products including Fairever, Tanishq, BIG 92.7 FM, Spinz, Parachute,
Colgate and Mirinda. She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show,
Netru, Indru, Naalai alongside many other co-stars.She rejected Surya's
Sillunu Oru Kaadhal even after being offered three songs as she thought
her role in the movie had not much scope. Her part went to Bhumika
Chawla. She had previously opted out of Madhavan's Thambi due to tight
scheduling.Her next movie for release Dasavathaaram opposite Kamal
Haasan and it will be dubbed in 8 languages including Malayalam, Telugu,
Kannada, Bhojpuri, Marathi and Hindi.PersonalShe started her schooling
in Naval Public School, Kochin. She has completed her B.A. English
Literature at St. Teresa's College, Kochi. She has shifted from her home
town Kochi to Chennai, where she stays on Harrington Road. Before
becoming an actress, she was a part-time model and a businesswoman.
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