Genelia D'Souza
Genelia D'Souza | |
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| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 2003—present |
Genelia D'Souza is an Indian actress, who has acted in Indian films in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil and Kannada languages.
Early life
Genelia D'Souza was born on August 5th, 1987 in England. Her family hails from Goa but then moved to Mumbai. After her family relocated to Mumbai, Genelia studied at Apostolic Carmel High School in Bandra, Mumbai. She joined St. Andrews College, Bandra to pursue her Bachelor's Degree. She first hit the limelight with a Parker Pen commercial starring along side Amitabh Bachchan and further did a Fair and Lovely ad appearing along side Srikanth. The ace Tamil director, Shankar was very much impressed with her performance in both the ads and cast her in a leading role in his Tamil version of "Boys" in 2003.
Career
Genelia made her debut in Bollywood in 2003. Her first Hindi film was Tujhe Meri Kasam opposite Ritesh Deshmukh. The film went unnoticed. She left Bollywood for a while to concentrate on the Tollywood industry. Genelia then starred in the Tamil big budget film Boys directed by Shankar. The film was a box-office hit and launched her career in south India.
She went on to star in other successful Telugu films including, Satyam, Samba and Sye. She followed it up with a pairing with actor Venkatesh in Subhash Chandra Bose. She returned to the Tamil industry with Sachein with Vijay. It was average at the box office. Her second Hindi movie was Masti and was also opposite Ritesh. This film was a moderate success. Her most recent Telugu film, Bommarillu, with Siddharth Narayan, was a major commercial and critical success and she won the Filmfare Award as the Best Actress for her performance. She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai. She came back into Kollywood with Santhosh Subramaniam, which is the remake of Bommarillu. The film also turned out to be a rather successful as its predecessor. Her debut film in Kannada Satya In Love grossed 4 crores in its opening week thus setting a new record in the Kannada film industry.
She also appeared in Mere Baap Pehle Aap alongside Akshaye Khanna, which was moderately successful. Genelia finally made her breakthrough in Bollywood starring in the blockbuster, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na opposite Imran Khan, who is superstar Aamir Khan's nephew. The movie released in July 4, 2008 and did major business across India and overseas. [1] She was highly acclaimed for her role as Aditi Mahant aka "Meow" and her chemistry with co-star Imran.
Awards & Nominations
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Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
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| 2003 | Boys | Harini | Tamil | Dubbed into Telugu as Boys |
| Satyam | Ankitha | Telugu | ||
| Tujhe Meri Kasam | Anju | Hindi | ||
| 2004 | Masti | Bindhiya | Hindi | |
| Samba | Sandhya | Telugu | Dubbed into Tamil as Samba | |
| 2005 | Naa Alludu | Gagana | Telugu | Dubbed into Tamil as Madhurai Mappilai |
| Sachein | Shalini | Tamil | ||
| Subhash Chandra Bose | Anitha | Telugu | ||
| Sye | Indhu | Telugu | Dubbed into Tamil as Kazhugu Dubbed into Malayalam as Challenge | |
| 2006 | Happy | Madhumathi | Telugu | Dubbed into Malayalam as Happy |
| Raam | Lakshmi | Telugu | ||
| Bommarillu | Hasini | Telugu | Winner: Nandi Special Jury Award Winner: Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Actress Winner: Santosham Award for Best Actress | |
| Chennai Kadhal | Narmadha | Tamil | ||
| 2007 | Dhee | Pooja | Telugu | |
| 2008 | Mr. Medhavi | Swetha | Telugu | |
| Satya In Love | Veda | Kannada | ||
| Santosh Subramaniam | Hasini | Tamil | ||
| Mere Baap Pehle Aap | Sheekha Kapoor | Hindi | ||
| Ready | Puja | Telugu | ||
| Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na | Aditi Mahant | Hindi | ||
| 2009 | It's My Life | Hasini | Hindi | Filming |
| Life Partner | Hindi | Announced | ||
| Kettavan | Tamil | Announced |