Asin alias Asin Thottumkal, the reigning queen of
Tamil films from Kerala, was born on 26th October, 1985 to Joseph
Thottumkal, a businessman and a doctor mother Seline Thottumkal. Even
from a young age she showed a drive to succeed in whatever she did..
be it a stint in business or modeling.
She started modeling at the age of 14 and has endorsed many popular
brands including Pepsi, Ponds, Limca, Fair and Lovely, Medimix, Prince
Jewellery, Kumaram Silks etc.. Trained in Bharatnatyam and folk dance,
she debuted into movies in 2001, in the Malayalam film "Narendaran
Makan Jayakanthan Vaka"(2001) directed by Sathyan Anthikkad which
turned out to be a huge flop according to the box office records.
It was in 2003 that Asin made her debut as a full fledged heroine
in the Telugu film ''''Amma Nanna O’Tamil Ammayi''''(2003) opposite Ravi
Teja. For this movie she won the Film Fare award for Best Debut
actress in the year 2003. It was followed by another movie ''''Shivamani
98480 22338''''(2003) opposite Nagarjuna which was also a blockbuster.
After that she got countless offers from the Tollywood Industry- ''''Lakshmi
Narasimha'''' (2004), ''''Gharshana'''' (2004) etc., being some of them.
In Tamil, she had problems initially with her first movie ''''Ullam
Ketkumae'''' being cancelled and another movie ''''Chennaiyil Oru
Mazhaikalam'''' with Surya being stalled. But the scenario changed with
the release of ''''M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi''''(2005) which became one
of the biggest hits in 2005. After that she was flooded with offers
from well known Tamil directors and there was no looking back. She
received the Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in
her second super hit Tamil film, Ghajini (2005). She won the hearts of
the Tamil audience with her captivating performance in the movie,
which could be termed as her biggest commercial success till date.
Ghajini and another top grosser, an action comedy ''''Varalaru'''' in 2006
established her as one of the most prominent leading actresses of
South Indian cinema.
Apart from films, she is also a Brand Ambassador for Fairever,
Tanishq, BIG 92.7 FM, Spinz, Parachute, Colgate and Mirinda. This
charming beauty has her head firmly on her shoulders and knows exactly
the way to move. Now she is making a debut in Bollywood, in the remake
of Ghajini opposite Amir Khan who was so impressed with her superb
performance in the original that he recommended her to act the female
lead in its Hindi version. This intelligent lass knows 6 languages
Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Sanskrit, French, English apart from her mother
tongue Malayalam, and is known for her dedication to her work and
remains one of the respectable stars in the industry. We can expect
the starlet to ride high in Hindi films as she did in Tamil and Telugu
as well.