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Asin Thottumkal, (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
Early life and background She
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.
Career
Asin 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 latest movie Dasavathaaram opposite Kamal Haasan
which released in tamil and was dubbed in 8 languages
including Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Marathi
and Hindi is a box office hit. This has further established
her as film industry's favorite actress. |
