Asin Thottumkal Malayalam Asin Tōṭṭuṅkal ?; born 26 October 1985
Making her acting debut in Sathyan Anthikkad's Malayalam film Narendra Makan Jayakanthan Vaka 2001 Asin had her first commercial success with Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi in 2003, and won a Filmfare Best Telugu Actress Award for the film.
After a number of films, she received her second South Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her critically acclaimed performance in her second Tamil film, Ghajini 2005. She played the lead female roles in blockbusters such as the action comedy Varalaru 2006, the action thriller Pokkiri 2007and the big budget production Dasavathaaram 2008 In late 2008, Asin made her début in Bollywood, with Ghajini, the remake of its Tamil namesake, subsequently winning the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award.
Contents
* 1 Early life and background
* 2 Career
o 2.1 Early work, until 2004
o 2.2 Breakthrough 2005–2007
o 2.3 Success 2008–present
* 3 Other work
o 3.1 Philanthropy
o 3.2 Brand Ambassador
* 4 Awards and honours
* 5 Filmography
* 6 See also
* 7 References
* 8 External links
Early life and background
Asin was born in Kochi, Kerala, India and attended Naval Public School from L.K.G.(Pre.K)through 10th standard grade. Then she attended St. Theresa's School in Kochi for her Plus Two education. After that she attended St. Theresa's College for Women in Kochi a college affiliated with MG University where she earned a Bachelors of Arts degree in English Literature. Her father, Joseph Thottumkal originally from a Nasrani Syro Malabar family in Thodupuzha managed several businesses before he decided to manage his daughter's acting career instead where he accompanies her to all her foreign shoots. Her mother, Seline Thottumkal, remains a surgeon who moved 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 Englishasin
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