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Genelia D'Souza (Born 5 August, 1987 in England) is a
young actress in India. Her parents originally hail from
Goa and later moved to England. She has acted over a dozen
films in South Indian cinema.
Career
Genelia studied at Apostolic Carmel High School in Bandra,
Mumbai. After school, she joined the St. Andrews College,
Bandra to pursue a Bachelor's Degree. Mumbai-based Genelia
starred in the big budget Boys directed by Shankar. The
film was a box-office hit and launched her career.
She left Bollywood for a while to concentrate on the
Tollywood industry, starring in other successful films
including, Satyam, Samba and Sye. She followed it up
with a pairing with actor Venkatesh in Subhash Chandra
Bose. She returned to the Tamil industry with Sachein
with Vijay.It bombed at the box Office. Her film, Happy
opposite Allu Arjun was a hit. Her most recent film,
Bommarillu, with Siddharth Narayan, is a super hit.
Chennai Kadhal, her Tamil project did average business.
She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru,
Indru, Naalai. Recently, she won the Filmfare Award
as a Best Actress for her performance in the block buster
Telugu movie Bommarillu for the year 2006.[1] And her
recent Telugu film Ready in 2008 is a Super hit. She
came back into Kollywood with Santhosh Subramaniam,
which is the remake of Bommarillu, and it turned out
to be a big hit.
Her debut film in Kannada Satya In Love grossed 4 crores
in its opening week thus setting a new record in the
Kannada film industry. The film has gone on to become
a huge blockbuster.
Her first Hindi film was Tujhe Meri Kasam opposite
Ritesh Desmukh. Her second hindi movie was Masti and
was also opposite Ritesh. She has also appeared in Mere
Baap Pehle Aap. She made her breakthrough in Bollywood
starring in youth cult and blockbuster, Jaane Tu Ya
Jaane Na opposite Imran Khan, Aamir Khan's nephew, released
in July 2008. She was highly acclaimed for her role
as "Meow"/Aditi. |
