Genelia D'Souza
Genelia D'Souza | |
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 Genelia D'Souza at the premiere of her film Mere Baap Pehle Aap (2008). | |
| Occupation | Actor/Model/Host |
| Years active | 2003 — present |
Genelia D'Souza (born 5 August 1987 in Mumbai, India)[1] is an Indian actress. She has acted in Telugu and Hindi films and has also appeared in Tamil and Kannada language films.
Biography
D'Souza was born to Jeanette D'Souza, formerly secretary to Managing Director with a pharma MNC, and Neil D'Souza, a senior official with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).[2] Her family hails from the Mangalorean Catholic community, a prominent Christian community in Bombay.[1][3][4] Her nick name is Geenu.[5] D'Souza studied at the Apostolic Carmel High School in Bandra and later joined St. Andrews College (Bandra) to pursue her Bachelor's Degree of Management Studies. [6]
She was also a State level athlete and a National level Football player.[7][8]
Career
D'Souza made her debut in Bollywood in 2003. Her first Hindi film was Tujhe Meri Kasam opposite Ritesh Deshmukh.[2] She left Bollywood for a while to concentrate on South Indian films. She first hit the lime-light with a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan[9] and further did a Fair and Lovely 2003 Cricket World Cup ad with Krishnamachari Srikkanth. She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai.[10] The Tamil director, Shankar, was very much impressed with her performance in both the ads and cast her in a leading role in his Tamil film Boys in 2003 which was a huge success.
She made her Telugu debut with Sathyam opposite Sumanth, which went on to become a blockbuster. Subsequently, she acted in several films which raised her profile in south India. She acted in successful telugu films like Happy, and Sye. She followed it up with a pairing with actor Venkatesh in Subhash Chandra Bose which met with disappointment at the box-office.
Her second Hindi movie was Masti and was also opposite Ritesh. This film was a moderate success.
She then played the role of Haasini in the Telugu film, Bommarillu, which also starred Siddharth Narayan in the lead. This movie was one of the biggest hits in her career and earned her critical acclaim and wide recognition. She won the Filmfare Award as the Best Actress for her performance, besides other awards. Her character of Haasini earned rave reviews and this made her the favourite choice for that role in the remakes of Bommarillu in other languages. It was remade in Tamil as Santhosh Subramaniam in which Genelia was cast as heroine again. The film also turned out to be 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 once again appeared in Bollywood in Mere Baap Pehle Aap alongside Akshaye Khanna, which was moderately successful. Her final breakthrough in Bollywood was through the blockbuster, Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, where she plays the role of Aditi Mahant aka "Meow". Her role was widely admired for her sweetness and freshness, and new style of acting. The movie released on 4 July 2008 and was a success across India and overseas.[11] Her career in south India also continues with she reigning as a successful star in Telugu film industry. Her latest Telugu film Ready in which she was paired opposite Ram was a super hit. Her next film was Life Partner with Fardeen Khan which was moderately successful. It's My Life, which is again a remake of Bomarillu with Harman Baweja is to be released in 2009. She will also act in David Dhawan's next film which is called Hook Ya Crook opposite John Abraham and Shreyas Talpade. The film will be released in 2009. She is now the brand ambassador of the new Fanta replacing Rani Mukherjee. She is also now the brand ambassador of chocolate Perk replacing Preity Zinta. She also holds a distinct Limca world record of delivering 4 different super hit films in 4 different languages Satya (Kannada), Santosh Subramaniyam (Tamil), Bommarillu (Telugu) and Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Naa (Hindi)) in span of 1 calendar year.
Genelia's new Telugu flick Katha has recently been completed. The movie is expected to hit the screens this year. She has also been chosen to play the lead female role in Ram Charan Teja's upcoming movie named as Orange being directed by Bommarillu Bhasker.[12] She has also signed a Tamil film opposite Dhanush which would be the Tamil remake of her Telugu film Ready.
Television
Genelia also became a host of a show called Big Switch based on slum kids for UTV Television to reach a bigger audience.[13]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Tujhe Meri Kasam | Anjali a.k.a. Anju | Hindi | |
| Boys | Harini | Tamil | ||
| Satyam | Ankitha | Telugu | ||
| 2004 | Masti | Bindhiya | Hindi | |
| Sye | Indu | Telugu | ||
| Samba | Sandhya | Telugu | ||
| 2005 | Naa Alludu | Gagana | Telugu | |
| Sachein | Shalini | Tamil | ||
| Subhash Chandra Bose | Anitha | Telugu | ||
| 2006 | Happy | Madhumathi | Telugu | |
| 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 | Nominated, Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award | |
| Mere Baap Pehle Aap | Sheekha Kapoor | Hindi | ||
| Ready | Pooja | Telugu | ||
| Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na | Aditi Mahant | Hindi | ||
| King | Herself | Telugu | Cameo appearance | |
| 2009 | Sasirekha Parinayam | Sasirekha | Telugu | |
| Life Partner | Sanjana Jugran | Hindi | ||
| Katha | Chitra Singh | Telugu | ||
| It's My Life | Pooja Saxena | Hindi | Releasing on 18 December 2009 | |
| 2010 | Chance Pe Dance | Sonia Sharma | Hindi | Releasing on 15 January 2010 |
| Hook Ya Crook | Anjali Kakkad | Hindi | Releasing on 19 March 2010 | |
| Orange | Maya Talwar | Telugu | Releasing on 3 September 2010 |
Awards
- Filmfare Award for Best Female Actress for Bommarillu (Telugu), 2006
- Santosham Award for Best Actress for Bommarillu,2006
- Nandi Special Jury Award for Bommarillu (Telugu), 2006
- Nandi Jury Award for Bommarillu (Telugu), 2006
References
- ^ a b "'I don't think my name is complicated'". Rediff.com. Retrieved 2008-08-04.
- ^ a b Mahul Brahma,Kalpanath Brahma (2008-12-26). "An Ingenue Is Born". Businessworld. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Abdulla Mahmood (2008-07-15). "Big-time girl: Genelia D'Souza". Gulf News. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
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- ^ Nikhil Ramsubramaniam, (2008-07-02). ""All my girlfriends have already gone crazy after Imran" - Genelia Dsouza". Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) - ^ "Meet Bollywood's New Bee Genelia D'souza". Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd Mangalore. 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2008-08-23.
- ^ Piyali Dasgupta (2008-07-12). "Genelia is crazy about Beckham". The Times of India. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ "Genelia (Actress)". Nilacharal. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Subhash K Jha (2008-09-28). "I'm single, Riteish is just a friend: Genelia". Indo-Asian News Service. Hindustan Times. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
{{cite news}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Settu Shankar (200-04-19). "Genelia D'Souza". Daijiworld Media Pvt Ltd Mangalore. Retrieved 2009-03-01.
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- ^ Genelia Telugu Filmography (10 October 2009). 16reels.com.
- ^ Genelia to host a show based on slum kids
External links
- Genelia's Profile & Galleries at JustTollywood.com
- Genelia D'Souza at IMDb