Genelia D Souza - Bollywood Actress
Genelia DeSouza was born on 5th August 1987, into a Mangalorean Catholic family
. She is a Roman Catholic. She has been raised in the Bandra suburb of Mumbai. Her father Neil DeSouza is a senior office with Tata Consultancy Services.
Her mother Jeanette DeSouza was a secretary to the managing director of Pharma MNC. She left her job in 2004 to help Genelia with her career. Genelia did her schooling from Apostolic Carmel High School in Bandra. Later she acquired her Bachelor Degree in Management Studies from St. Andrews College in Bandra.
Genelia was a state level athlete, sprinter and a National level Football player. Genelia landed her first modeling assignment when she was spotted as a bridesmaid for a wedding. She was just 15 then.
Genelia was selected for the Parker Pen commercial alongside Amitabh Bachchan. She had refused to shoot the commercial initially because she had exams. But the director persuaded her and she gained a lot of attention with that commercial. She also appeared in the Fair and Lovely 2003 Cricket World Cup advertisement with cricketer Krishnamachari Srikkanth.
Genelia DeSouza is currently the brand ambassador of many products like Cadbury Perk, Fanta, Spinz, Dabur Vatika, Lg Cookie, Virgin, Margo, Garnier and Fasttrack. Genelia made her debut in bollywood with tujhe meri kasam (2003). She has refused to do the film earlier as she wasnt keen to become an actress. But the crew of the film persuaded her and finally she agreed.
Genelia was paired opposite debutant riteish deshmukh. The film was a love story about two neighbors, who are born on the same day in the same hospital and go to the same college. It was a remake of the telugu film, nuvve kavali (2000).
However the film was not successful at the box office. And genelia decided to try her luck in the south indian film industry. In 2004, genelia was seen in masti, opposite riteish deshmukh. GENELIA desouza first tamil film was boys (2003).
Boys is the story of five boys from different social backgrounds and a girl, who later marries one of the boys. Genelia was cast opposite siddharth. The film was a super hit and one of the most modernized tamil films ever. Her next tamil film was sachein (2005), alongside joseph vijay, vadivelu, bipasha basu, raghuvaran, santhanam and linda arsenio. She played the role of a pretty college going girl.
The film was wellreceived and so was genelia performance in the film. In 2006, genelia acted in chennai kadhal. She was seen opposite bharath. She played a gangster daughter. The film was a box office failure. In 2008, genelia desouza was seen in santosh subramaniam.
It was the remake of the telugu film bommarillu (2006), which also starred genelia. The film was successful at the box office and genelia received rave reviews. Genelia desouza made her telugu debut with satyam (2003), opposite sumanth. She received positive reviews for her performance as a medical student.
Next she was seen in samba (2004) and sye (2004), in which she played a youthful and bubbly college student. In 2005, she was seen in naa alludu, alongside jr. Ntr, shriya saran and ramya krishnan. The film did not succeed at the box office.
Next she starred in subash chandra bose, set in the preindependence era, just before the british left india. The film also starred venkatesh and shriya saran. In 2006, genelia was seen in 3 telugu films, happy, raam and bommarillu. The film revolved around a father excessive concern for his son, and interference in his life, which leads to the latter feeling some bitterness towards his overbearing father.
Genelia was paired opposite siddharth. Genelia played a cheerful and energetic engineering student who siddharth falls in love with. The film was a huge success. Genelia won the telugu filmfare award for best actress. She also won the nandi special jury award and santosham award for best actress.
In 2007, she was seen in dhee. In 2008, genelia was seen in a cameo as herself in the film king. Her other films in 2008 were mr. Medhavi and satya in love. In 2009 she was seen in sasirekha parinayam and katha.
Genelia desouza was seen in its my life, opposite harman baweja and hook ya crook, opposite john abraham, kay kay menon, shreyas talpade and amrita rao. Genelia desouza was the host big switch, a television show based on creating a friendly bond between slum kids and rich youngsters.
The show was aired on the utv bindaas channel. Genelia desouza has been linked to her costar riteish deshmukh since they made their debut together in tujhe meri kasam (2003). However genelia has never been open to the media and public about her relationship with riteish and they keep denying it.
Genelia is deeply religious. She regularly attends sunday mass at st. Anne parish in bandra. Whenever her family is at home in the evening, they make a point to say the rosary together.
by: Karishma Roy
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