Asin

Asin was born into a Syrian Christian family from Ernakulam in Kochi district, Kerala. Her father, Joseph Thotumkal, 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.”

Asin News:

Asin's Email id got hacked

Asin’s Email id got hacked

The beauty from South, Asin looks very worried these days. The actress just found out that her personal mailbox is hacked! The accused person not only sneaked into her account but also, changed her password. Asin learned this when recently she couldn’t access her account due to an invalid password. On consulting a technician, it [...]

Asin and Genelia’s big fight

Asin and Genelia’s big fight

Asin and Genelia’s big fight The battle has begun between two former south Indian actresses Asin and Genelia now ruling the roost in Bollywood for India’s biggest orange soft drink market – South India. Asin has been endorsing Mirinda for the last three years, while Genelia has become Fanta brand ambassador from this year. Tamilnadu [...]

Asin wins Best Debutante Award

Asin wins Best Debutante Award

“I’ve got a great welcome in Bollywood… and it’s a nice feeling to be nominated for both the Best Debutante and Best Actress for the same movie,” said the Ghajini star. Asked about the other contenders for the award, she said, “I wish them luck!” On music director-composer AR Rahman, who scored the music for [...]

Super start for GHAJINI; RAB NE is steady!

Super start for GHAJINI; RAB NE is steady!

The closing month of 2008 could not have been better for the Hindi film industry, as it is time for double celebrations! It is just not Christmas and New Year, rather the super performance of RAB NE BANA DI JODI (globally) and the grand start of GHAJINI that is gladdening the hearts of all concerned [...]

Asin: To sir, with love

Asin: To sir, with love

The B-horizon is seeing two young and beautiful stars shining. Yes, we’re talking about Anushka Sharma and Asin. Anyway, with Anushka having got her share of the limelight, we’ll pan in on Asin for the time being. Talk to her about her ‘Khan-tastic’ experience – of having worked with Aamir in Ghajini and Salman in [...]

Like Aamir, I'm also quite a perfectionist: Asin

Like Aamir, I’m also quite a perfectionist: Asin

Aamir Khan’s perfectionist attitude often sends jitters down his co-stars’ spines. But southern beauty Asin, who is set to make her Bollywood debut with Aamir in “Ghajini”, says she had no issues matching up to the superstar as she too always settles for nothing but the best. “People often call Aamir a perfectionist and a [...]

Ghajini Movie Review

Ghajini Movie Review

Star Cast: Aamir Khan, Asin, Jiah Khan, Pradeep Rawat, Khalid Siddiqui and others; Director: A.R. Murugadoss; Rating: **** Director A R Murugadoss’s remake of his Tamil blockbuster made what Hindi films once used to be: a three hour extravaganza of romance, comedy, action, set-piece songs and drama. It’s a standard revenge film given a fresh [...]