Asin Thottumkal born 26 October 1985 known mononymously as Asin, is a
Indian actress and trained Bharathanatyam dancer. She began her acting
career in the South Indian film industry, but now appears predominantly
in Bollywood films. She is the only Malayali actress, other than
Padmini, who has the distinction of having dubbed in her own voice for
all her films, irrespective of language. Asin also has the distinction
of being the ‘numero uno’ heroine of Tamil cinema over the span 5 years
from 2004 to 2008 with a string of blockbuster hits and was fondly
referred to as Queen of Kollywood. Currently Asin is one of the leading
actresses in Bollywood and tops the Bollywood Hundred Crore Club among
actresses.In late 2008, Asin made her debut in the Bollywood film
Ghajini 2008 opposite Aamir Khan which was the first Bollywood film to
have collected more than INR1 billion in the domestic box office,
subsequently collecting INR1.9 billion (US$32 million) worldwide. Asin
won the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award and many accolades for Ghajini.
2011 marked the most successful phase of Asin’s Bollywood career, as
she starred in Anees Bazmee’s romantic comedy, Ready, in which she
co-starred alongside Salman Khan. The film was a major hit at the box
office, collecting INR1.84 billion (US$31 million) worldwide. In 2012,
Asin first starred in Sajid Khan’s multistarrer Housefull 2 which
collected more than 1 billion and received blockbuster status. She then
featured in Bol Bachchan and Khiladi 786, which were also commercially
successful with the former grossing over 1 billion.Asin was born in
Cochin (now Kochi) in Kerala to a Syro-Malabar Catholic Nasrani family.
Her father, Joseph Thottumkal originally from Thodupuzha, managed
several businesses. Her mother, Seline Thottumkal, who moved settlements
from Kochi to Chennai to Mumbai to live with her daughter, is a
surgeon. According to custom, Asin was to be named Mary, after her
paternal grandmother. Asin’s father however named her Asin as the name
had a beautiful meaning.
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