Genelia D’Souza

Name: Genelia D’Souza
Nick Name: Genny
Place of Birth: Bandra, Mumbai.
Date of Birth: August 5, 1983.
Religion: Christian
College: St Andrews College, Bandra, Mumbai.
Education: Business Administration
Languages: English, Tamil, Telugu and Kannada

Family Background
Family: Mom, dad and elder brother.

Favorite’s
Favorite movie stars: Sharukh Khan and Kajol.
Favorite music director: A R Rahman
Favorite singer: Lucky Ali
Favorite song: Secret of success
Favorite dresses: Jeans, T Shirts and Salwar Kameez.
Hobbies: Watching movies and listening to songs.

GENELIA PROFILE

Genelia’s success rate in Tollywood has been pretty good. Her movies Satyam, Masti, Samba, Sye and Happy have all fared pretty well at the box office. Despite getting good roles and her movies doing average business commercially, Genelia was still waiting for that one big hit that could change her career. The wait was not long as her most recent movie ‘Bommarillu’ has had a huge positive impact on Genelia’s career.

Bommarillu, with Genelia and Siddharth Narayan in the lead, became a super duper hit and gave her career the much needed boost. In the movie Genelia plays the role of a talkative and bubbly girl ‘Hasini’ who does whatever she likes to do. Her acting skills have been well appreciated throughout the industry and she won many awards for the movie.

Finally the true acting talent of Genelia has come to forefront with ‘Bommarillu’ and now time will tell if Genelia can become the number one actress in South India. Her latest movie Dee with Vishnu directed by Sreenu Vytla is expected to come out in January or February. Genelia also recently bagged the role of leading lady opposite Aamir Khan’s nephew Imraan Khan in his debut Bollywood movie Tu Ya Jaane Na.

Popular Telugu actress Genelia D’Souza was born on August 5, 1987, in England. She is also known to people close to her as Harini. Her parents originally hail from Goa and later moved to England. Genelia made her move from England to India in pursuit of her childhood dream of becoming an actress. She got her first break in the movie ‘Boys’ directed by Shankar. The film was a box-office hit and soon Genelia started getting more roles. Genelia has so far acted in over a dozen Telugu, Tamil and Hindi movies.

Popular Telugu actress Genelia D'Souza was born on August 5, 1987, in England. She is also known to people close to her as Harini. Her parents originally hail from Goa and later moved to England. Genelia made her move from England to India in pursuit of her childhood dream of becoming an actress. She got her first break in the movie 'Boys' directed by Shankar. The film was a box-office hit and soon Genelia started getting more roles. Genelia has so far acted in over a dozen Telugu, Tamil and Hindi movies.

Genelia - The Tollywood Actress

Genelia's success rate in Tollywood has been pretty good. Her movies Satyam, Masti, Samba, Sye and Happy have all fared pretty well at the box office. Despite getting good roles and her movies doing average business commercially, Genelia was still waiting for that one big hit that could change her career. The wait was not long as her most recent movie 'Bommarillu' has had a huge positive impact on Genelia’s career.

Bommarillu, with Genelia and Siddharth Narayan in the lead, became a super duper hit and gave her career the much needed boost. In the movie Genelia plays the role of a talkative and bubbly girl 'Hasini' who does whatever she likes to do. Her acting skills have been well appreciated throughout the industry and she won many awards for the movie.
Finally the true acting talent of Genelia has come to forefront with 'Bommarillu' and now time will tell if Genelia can become the number one actress in South India. Her latest movie Dee with Vishnu directed by Sreenu Vytla is expected to come out in January or February. Genelia also recently bagged the role of leading lady opposite Aamir Khan's nephew Imraan Khan in his debut Bollywood movie Tu Ya Jaane Na.

More on Genelia

Genelia is happy to be paired with young heroes in the industry and she said that, she has big dreams but is ready to wait patiently to achieve them one after another. The young actress also said that she should have a meaty role in a movie and does not like to be branded as a heroine who appears in a couple of scenes and songs and fades away from a movie.

Recently industry sources have reported that Genelia is rejecting new offers as her marriage is on cards. Genelia fell in love with a Tamil hero, Bharat. Love between the couple blossomed during the shooting of the Tamil film ‘Chennai Kadal’.

CAREER

After being born in England, Genelia studied at Apostolic Carmel High School in Bandra, Mumbai. After school, she joined the St. Andrews College, Bandra to pursue a Bachelor's Degree. Mumbai-based Genelia starred in the big budgeted Boys by top director Shankar. She starred opposite fellow debutante Siddharth. The film was a box-office hit and launched her career. She left Kollywood for a while to concentrate on the Tollywood industry, starring in other successful films including, Satyam, Masti, Samba and Sye. She followed it up with a pairing with popular actress Shriya in Subhash Chandra Bose. She returned to the Tamil industry with the hit, Sachein with Vijay. Her film, Happy opposite Allu Arjun was a hit. Her most recent film, Bommarillu, with Siddharth Narayan, is a super hit. Chennai Kadhal, her Tamil project did average business. She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai. She has also been a part of many TV ad campaigns, the most famous ones being for Fair and Lovely, Cricket World Cup 2003 with Kris Shrikanth and Parker pens with Amitabh Bachchan.

After being born in England, Genelia studied at Apostolic Carmel High School in Bandra, Mumbai. After school, she joined the St. Andrews College, Bandra to pursue a Bachelor’s Degree. Mumbai-based Genelia starred in the big budgeted Boys by top director Shankar. She starred opposite fellow débutante Siddharth. The film was a box-office hit and launched her career.

She left Kollywood for a while to concentrate on the Tollywood industry, starring in other successful films including, Satyam, Masti, Samba and Sye. She followed it up with a pairing with popular actress Shriya in Subhash Chandra Bose. She returned to the Tamil industry with the hit, Sachein with Vijay. Her film, Happy opposite Allu Arjun was a hit. Her most recent film, Bommarillu, with Siddharth Narayan, is a super hit. Chennai Kadhal, her Tamil project did average business. She was also a part of Mani Ratnam’s stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai. She has also been a part of many TV ad campaigns, the most famous ones being for Fair and Lovely, Cricket World Cup 2003 with Kris Shrikanth and Parker pens with Amitabh Bachchan.

Filmography

Genelia D'Souza (Born 5 August 1982 in England) is a young actress in India. She has acted over a dozen films in South Indian cinema. She is also known to people close to her as Harini.

Her parents originally hail from Goa and later moved to England. She got her first break in the movie "Boys" directed by Shankar. Genelia has so far acted in over a dozen Telugu, Tamil and Hindi movies.She acted in movies like Satyam, Masti, Samba, Sye, Happy, Bommarillu, and Dhee. "Bommarillu" is the biggest hit in Genelia's career. Bommarillu, with Genelia and Siddharth Narayan in the lead, became a super duper hit.

Movies

* It's My Life [forthcoming][as Natalie][2009]

* Life Partner [forthcoming][as Esha][2009]

* Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na [starring Imran Khan and Genelia][as Aditi][2008]

* Ready [2008]

* Mere Baap Pehle Aap [starring Akshaye Khanna, Paresh Rawal and Genelia][as Sheekha Kapoor][2008]

* Mr. Medhavi [2008]

* Dhee [as Pooja][2007]

* Bommarillu [starring Siddharth and Genelia][as Hasini][2006]

* Raam [2006]

* Happy [as Madhumati][2006]

* Sachein [tamil][starring Vijay and Genelia][as Shalini][2005]

* Naa Alludu [2005]

* Subhash Chandra Bose [as Anitha][2005]

* Sye [2004]

* Samba [as Sandhya][2004]

* Masti [starring Vivek Oberoi, Amrita Rao and Genelia][as Bindiya][2004]

* Satyam [as Ankita][2003]

* Boys [starring Siddharth and Genelia D'souza][as Harini][2003]

* Tujhe Meri Kasam [starring Ritesh Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza][as Anju] [2003]