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Contents at a Glance Asin Thottumkal born October 26 1985 is

Summary: Contents at a Glance Asin Thottumkal born October 26 1985 is an award winning Indian film actress who appears in various regional Indian movies She is among the most popular actresses in the film industry She started her schooling in Naval Public School Kochin She has completed her B A English Literature at St Teresa s College Kochi She has shifted from her home town Kochi to Chennai where she stays on Harrington Road Before becoming an actress she was a part time model and a businesswoman Asin was born into a Roman Catholic Syrian Christian family in Kochi Kerala Her father Joseph Thotumkal 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 without blemish and pure She claims that the A in her name is from Sanskrit and word Sin from English She also mentions that she has not come across anyone with same name 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 critically and commercially successful 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 two consecutive top grossers Ghajini 2005 which is her biggest commercial success to date and the action comedy Varalaru 2006 and this way has established herself as one of the most prominent leading actresses of South Indian cinema More recently Asin made her début in Bollywood with Ghajini the remake of its Tamil namesake

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