Asin Biography :
Asin Thotunkal (born on October 26, 1985) is an Indian film actress. she is preety young actress in South indian . she is now entered in to bollywood in Ghajini . She began her career acting in minor roles as a supporting artist in the Malayalam cinema industry, while also attending an acting studio, to follow her dream to act. After her debut in the Malayalam film industry, she acted in Telugu language films in which Asin gained Indian cinema's attention in 2003 by playing the role of Vasantha in Shivamani 9848022338 , her first major hit. The Tamil language film, Ghajini, is her first blockbuster, and since then she has acted in over twenty Indian films, with her main intention being Tamil language ventures. She, like many other actors has had a rich upbringing into the industry, with her father, Joseph Thottumkal being a noted businessman & ex-C.B.I officer and her mother, Celine Thottumkal, being a doctor.
CAREER:
Asin 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. this film gvae her many offers in tollywood.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.
Advertisements of Asin :
Asin is also brand ambassador for various products including Fairever, Colgate and Mirinda. She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai alongside many other co-stars.She dropped out of 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 also had previously dropped out of Madhavan's Thambi due to tight scheduling.Her next movie for release Dasavathram opposite Kamal Haasan and it will be dubbed in 8 languages including Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Marathi and Hindi.
Gossips of Asin :
Before becoming an actress, she was a part-time model and a businesswoman. she is preety famous actress in south india films. she demanding almost one crore per film . she said she is very lucky to act with Amir Khan in Ghajini Remake . becuase amir is her favorite actor . now she is very anger on amir because in ghajini trailers he did not show the Asin much . and he restricted Asin to dont make any comments or any words about ghajini film .this makes Asin in to frustration. so Asin releasing comments on Amir.
Films Of Asin :
· 2001-Narendra Makan Jayakanthan Vaka-Malayalam Swathi
* 2003-Shivamani 9848022338-Telugu-Vasantha
* 2003-Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi-Telugu
2004-M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi-Tamil-Malabar
* 2004-Gharshana-Telugu-Maya
* 2004-Lakshmi Narasimha-Telugu-Rukhmini
* 2005-Sivakasi-Tamil-Hema
* 2005-Majaa-Tamil-Seetha Lakshmi
* 2005-Ghajini-Tamil-Kalpana
* 2005-Ullam Ketkumae-Tamil- Priya
* 2005-Chakram-Telugu-Lakshmi
* 2006-Annavaram-Telugu-Aishwarya
* 2006-Varalaru-Tamil-Divya
* 2007-Dasavatharam-Tamil
* 2007-Pokkiri-Tamil-Shruti 2007-Aalvar-Tamil-Priya
2008-Vel-Tamil- yet to be released
* 2008-Ghajini- Hindi-Kalpana- Yet to be released in December 2008 (Remake of Tamil film, Ghajini).
Awards of Asin :
Filmfare Best Actress Award(Telugu-2003) :
AmmaNannaOTamilaAmmayi-Telugu-Winner
Santosham Best Actress Award: 2003-Shivamani9848022338-Telugu-Vasantha-Winner
MGR-Sivaji Awards: Best Actress 2005
United Artistes of India : Sirandha Nadigai Sirappu Virudhu (Special award for best actress) Tamilnadu Cinema Kalai Mandram: Sirandha Nadigai 2005
Bharath Cine Awards: Best Actress 2005
Filmfare Best Actress Award (Tamil) : 2005-Ghajini-Tamil-Kalpana-Winner
