Asin Thottumkal
Asin Thottumkal was born into a Catholic family in Kochi, Kerala. Her father, Joseph Thottumkal originally from Thodupuzha, managed several businesses and was considered a prominent entrepreneur before he stopped managing his businesses and decided to manage his daughter's acting career instead.
Furthermore Asin's father accompanies her to all her foreign shoots. Her mother, Seline Thottumkal, remains a surgeon despite moving settlements from Cochin to Chennai to Mumbai to live with her daughter. Asin has quoted that her name "means pure and without blemish". She claims that "the 'A' in her name is from Sanskrit meaning "without", and ‘Sin’ from English".
Asin Thottumkal, born on October 26, 1985 an Indian film actress from the state of Kerela. 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 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 hits, the thriller Ghajini (2005) and the action comedy Varalaru (2006). More recently, Asin made her début in Bollywood, with Ghajini, the remake of its Tamil namesake, subsequently winning the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award Award.
She looks fresh and photogenic and acts her part brilliantly, giving Asin's performance a positive outlook. Asin is committed to Vipul Shah's London Dreams alongside Salman Khan and Ajay Devgan, in which she plays a member of a five-troupe band. The film got released on October 30, 2009. She recently judged the Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2009 and Fashion Big Bazaar's India Ka Fashion Star 2009 events.
The Aamir Khan- Asin action romantic musical Ghajini has turned out to be the biggest ever-Hindi blockbuster in Kerala. Aamir is going all out to promote and recommend Asin. She has replaced Gul Panag in the Tata Sky ads and Aamir, who is brand ambassador for Titan's watch line has also helped her bag an endorsement deal with Tanishq which is Titan's jewellery brand. He has recommended her for a Disney film as well. She is definitely a part of his camp now. Asin is very good in Hindi and does not need another person to dub for her is also seen as one of her advantages.
With her attractive looks and considerable histrionic skills, she could be the next southern siren to conquer Bollywood after Vyjayantimala(Tamil), Hema Malini (Tamil), Rekha (Tamil), Jayaprada (Telugu) and Sridevi (Tamil).