
After a brief return to Telugu films, to do Chakram, she appeared in Ullam Ketkumae.
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The movie subsequently went on to super-hit in Tamil cinema during 2004, introducing Asin to Tamil film industry. Asin reprised her role from her film Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi for the remake, which saw her portraying a Malayali girl instead of the Tamil girl in the original. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi, in which she co-starred with Jayam Ravi. Her following two Telugu films Lakshmi Narasimha and Gharshana, both portrayed Asin as the love interest for police officers and both were successful ventures.Īsin's first Tamil language film was M. In the same year she won the Santosham Best Actress Award for her performance alongside Nagarjuna in her second Telugu film Shivamani. After taking a year out to pursue her education, Asin returned with her breakthrough film as an actress, Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi opposite Ravi Teja, portraying a Tamil girl in her first Telugu language film, which subsequently fetched her the Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Actress. She debuted in the Malayalam film Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka in 2001, at the age of 15. Career Early work (2001–04) Īsin, with the cast and crew of Ghajini, celebrating the film's success.Īsin's first assignment was an advertisement for BPL Mobile. Teresa's College in Kochi, a college affiliated with MG University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature. Teresa's School in Kochi for her Kerala Higher Secondary Examination Board (Plus Two) Education. She attended Naval Public School from LKG through X standard. She states that the 'A' in her name is from Sanskrit meaning "without", and "sin" from English. Asin has quoted that her name means "pure and without blemish". Asin's father however, named her Asin as the name had a beautiful meaning. According to custom, Asin was to be named Mary, after her paternal grandmother. Her mother Seline Thottumkal, who moved from Kochi to Chennai and then to Mumbai to live with her daughter, is a surgeon. Her father Joseph Thottumkal is an Ex-CBI officer and later managed several businesses.

She then featured in Bol Bachchan and Khiladi 786, which were also commercially successful with both grossing over ₹1 billion. In 2012, Asin first starred in Sajid Khan's multistarrer Housefull 2, which collected more than ₹1 billion. The film was a major hit at the box office, collecting ₹1.84 billion (US$24 million) worldwide. 2011 marked the most successful phase of Asin's Bollywood career, as she starred in Anees Bazmee's romantic comedy Ready, in which she co-starred alongside Salman Khan. Asin won the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award and many accolades for Ghajini. In late 2008, Asin made her debut in the Bollywood film Ghajini (2008), opposite Aamir Khan, which was the first Bollywood film to have collected more than ₹1 billion in the domestic box office, subsequently collecting ₹1.9 billion (US$25 million) worldwide. In 2013, Asin was conferred with the Pride of South Indian Cinema award at SIIMA for her contribution to Tamil cinema.

She then played the lead female roles in many successful films, the most notable being the action films Sivakasi (2005), Varalaru (2006), Pokkiri (2007), Vel (2008) and Dasavathaaram (2008), hence establishing herself as the leading actress of Tamil cinema and was also honoured by the Tamil Nadu government with the Kalaimamani award for her excellence in the field of art and literature. She received her Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award for her most noted critically acclaimed performance in her third Tamil film, Ghajini (2005). Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi (2004) was her debut in Tamil and a huge success. Making her acting debut with Sathyan Anthikkad's Malayalam film Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka (2001), Asin had her first commercial success with the Telugu film Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi in 2003, and won a Filmfare Best Telugu Actress Award for the film. Asin has been referred to as the "Queen of Kollywood" by online portals in 2007. She is the only Malayali actress, other than Padmini, to have dubbed in her own voice for all her films, irrespective of language. She speaks eight languages, and dubs her own films. She began her acting career in the South Indian film industry, but later shifted her focus to Bollywood. Asin Thottumkal (born 26 October 1985), known mononymously as Asin, is a former Indian actress who appeared in Tamil, Hindi, and Telugu films.
