Thursday, February 5, 2009

Asin Photos


About Asin Tamil Actress

Asin was born in Cochin, Kerala, India on the 26th of October 1981 in the Malayalam-speaking Thottumkal family which consists of her businessman dad, Joseph, and mom, Dr. Seline, who practices in Ernakulam. She attended Naval Public School in Cochin, and after obtaining her Matriculation, was enrolled in St. Theresa's Higher Secondary School. After successfully obtaining her Higher Secondary School Certificate, she enrolled in St. Theresa's College to continue studying in the Arts Faculty.

She speaks a wide range of languages such as Malyalam, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, Sanskrit, English, French, and may well be the only Indian actress with a Blogspot in French. She is very active in various functions throughout Southern India, and credits her good upbringing to her parents, who she considers her role models. She was the winner of an entrepreneurial award as a teenager. She is fond of reading and has a huge collection of books.

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 Movies

# London Dreams (2009) (filming)

# Ghajini (2008) .... Kalpana Shetty
# Dasavatharam (2008) .... Kothai/Andaal
... aka Dashavatar (India: Hindi title: literal title)
... aka The Ten Avatars (India: English title: literal title)
# Annavaram (2006) .... Aishwarya
# Godfather (2006)
# Maja (2005) .... Seetha Lakshmi
# Sivakasi (2005) (as Aasin) .... Hema
# Ghajini (2005) .... Kalpana
# Ullam Ketkumae (2005) .... Priya
# Chakram (2005)
# Lakshmi Narasimha (2004) .... Rukhmini
# Gharshana (2004) (as Aasin) .... Maya
# M. Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi (2004) .... Malabar
# Shivamani (2003)
# Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka (2001) .... Swathi