Asin Insider

Film Career

Asin Mary Thottumkal known as Asin (born 26th October, 1985 in Kochi, India) is a popular film actress. She debuted in Malayalam but eventually made a breakthrough in the Telugu and the Tamil cinema industries.

Name Origin

The name Asin is the combination of the vowel "A" from the Sanskrit language and the word "Sin" from the English language.

It means - "Without blemish - pure".

Religion

She is a Syrian Christian.

Rising Fame

Asin has risen quickly to fame. Many considered her to be a jinx as all the movies she signed in Tamil were either cancelled, delayed or faced financial problems. She also had a shaky start in Telugu and Malayalam films. But after her first Tamil language movie, M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi in where she reprised her role from the Telugu version of the movie, she began to receive many offers from well known directors in India. The movie then went on in being one of the biggest hits in 2005. She was asked to star in many films but she became selective with her roles. She has also been signed to endorse the products of Pepsi in India. So far, she has been having a steady career with many more of her upcoming films with top stars such as Kamal Hassan. All her films in Tamil have been huge hits and her recent film, Ghajini, won her many accolades for her performance and brought her into the limelight. Her 2005 Diwali releases Sivakasi and Majaa were also declared hits. Now she has God Father and Savaal with Ajith, Pokiri with Vijay, Dasavatharam with Kamal Haasan and Chennaiyil Oru Mazhai Kaalam with Surya in the pipelines. She has also been endorsing brands such as Colgate and Mirinda.

Other Interests

She is currently studying B.A. English Literature at St. Teresa's College, Kochi. She is a native speaker of Malayalam, and claims to speak Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Sanskrit, English and French [1]. Before becoming an actress, she was a part-time model and a businesswoman

Filmography

Acting Filmography
Batman (Malayalam) (2007)
Aezhumalai vs. Chidambaram (AC) (2007) Chitra
Dasavatharam (2007)
Chennaiyil Oru Mazhai Kaalam (2006)
Missiamma (2006)
Untitled Ajith/Asin Project (2006)
Pokiri (2006)
Annavaram (Telugu) (2006) Subha
Godfather (2006)
Sivakasi (2005) Hema
Majaa (2005) Seetha Lakshmi
Ghajini (2005) Kalpana
Ullam Ketkumae (2005) Priya
Chakram (Telugu) (2005) Lakshmi
M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi (2004) Malabar
Gharshana (Telugu) (2004) Maya
Lakshmi Narasimha (Telugu) (2004) Rukmini
Sivamani 98480 22338 (Telugu) (2003) Vasantha
Amma Nana O' Tamila Ammai (Telugu) (2003) Ammai
Narendaran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka (Malayalam) (2001)

Trivia

Aamir Khan called her personally and congratulated her on a job well done in her film, Ghajini.And is apparently is going to act opposite her in the yet-to-be named hindi remake of her tamil hit Ghajini. [2]
Dropped out of Surya's Jillunu Oru Kaadhal even after being offered three songs as she thought her role in the movie had not much scope. Her part went to Bhumika Chawla [3]. She also had previously dropped out of Madhavan's Thambi due to tight scheduling.
Was supposed to act with Chiranjeevi in the Telugu movie, Stalin but was replaced with Trisha Krishnan.