Genelia D'souza Profile Biography Trivia Movies Awards

	· Name:	Genelia D'souza
	· Born On:	5 August 1987 in Mumbai, India
	· Nick Name:	Geenu
	· Alternate Names:	Genilia / Harini
	· Zodiac Sign:	Leo
	· Father:	Neil D'Souza
	· Mother:	Jeanette D'Souza
	· Brother:	Nigel D'Souza
	· Mother Tongue:	Konkani
	· Height:	5' 6½"
	· Education:	Bachelor of Business Administration
	· Religion:	Christian
	· Languages Known:	English, Hindi,Tamil, Telegu
	· Hindi Debut Movie:	Tujhe Meri Kasam
	· Telugu Debut Movie:	satyam
	· Tamil Debut Movie:	Boys
	· 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
	· Favourite Colours:	Red, White
	· Hobbies:	Watching movies and listening to songs

Trivia

# "Genelia" means "rare" or "unique".

# Her mother Jeanette D'Souza was formerly a managing director with a Pharma Multinational corporation (MNC), who left her job in 2004 to help Genelia with her career. Her father Neil D'Souza, is a senior official with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS).

# Her family hails from the Mangalorean Catholic community, a prominent Christian community in Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Mumbai.

# D'Souza studied at the Apostolic Carmel High School in Bandra and has got her Bachelor's Degree in Management Studies joined at St. Andrew's College in Bandra.

# She was a national-level football player.

# After gaining wide recognition in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, Genelia began her acting career with Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003.

# In June 2010, D'Souza was crowned as the "Brand Ambassador of the Year" at the CNBC Awaaz consumer awards, for endorsing nine brands as she is the is the brand ambassador of Fanta, Virgin Mobile India, Fastrack, LG Mobiles, Garnier Light, Margo, Dabur Vatika hair oil, Margo soap, Spinz deodorant and Perk in India.

# This bubbly girl did her first modeling assignment at the age of 15.

# She also holds a Limca world record of delivering four different super hit films in four different languages, Ready (Telugu), Satya In Love (Kannada), Santosh Subramaniam (Tamil), and Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na (Hindi) in a span of one calendar year.

# Ritesh Deshmukh has been dating the South Indian beauty Genelia D'Souza for the last seven years. However, the couple have always been very private about their relationship and have not revealed anything in public. It has been widely rumored that they are planning to tie the knot very soon.

In fact, reports say that Ritesh and Genelia would have been married by now had Ritesh’s family approved of the match outside their community. But now that they approve of a Catholic bahu, the rumour is that Ritesh and Genelia may tie the knot next year.

Events Participated;

# Genelia participated in Tamil director Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai, an event which seeks to raise funds for The Banyan, a voluntary organisation which rehabilitates homeless women with mental illness in Chennai.

# She was one of the judges at the grand finale of Gladrags Mega Model and Manhunt 2009 contest on 28 March 2009.

# She also walked the ramp alongside Tushar Kapoor for fashion designer Manish Malhotra at the Lakme Fashion Week 2009 on 28 March 2009.

# On 5 April 2009, D'Souza was among several Bollywood celebrities to perform at the Pantaloons Femina Miss India 2009 finale in Mumbai.

# In October 2009, she appeared as a showstopper for jewellery designer Farah Khan Ali on the second season of Housing Development and Infrastructure Limited (HDIL) India Couture Week, a platform created to celebrate India’s fashion heritage by showcasing the country’s leading couture designers.

# On 24 October 2009, D'Souza began hosting Big Switch, a television show based on slum kids on UTV Bindass channel to reach a bigger audience.

Controversy;

In June 2010, she was the subject of a controversy, when a Tamil daily reported that she had attended the controversial 2010 IIFA Awards in Colombo.[98] Several Bollywood actors and the South Indian film industry had boycotted the event, over the alleged killing of Tamilian civilians at the height of the conflict between the Sri Lanka Army and the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) in 2009.

Personal Quotes

#"My communication with God is conversational, I'm God's favourite child; I believe that God has always been kind to me."

# "Although I've done five films in Telugu, I find Kannada more difficult. Since I felt I can't do justice to my role without knowing the language, I'm learning Kannada now. And my folks keep kidding me saying they've never seen me take such pains even during my school days!"

# "I always wanted to be a straight-forth girl. But I end up being diplomatic because of my profession."

# "I honestly believe that a love story does not have to be different. It just has to be relatable. For e.g. whenever my younger brother sees a promo of Jaane Tu….he says 'Damn this is so much like how I and my friends hang out'. I am sure if all the youngsters feel the same, we have pretty much struck a chord."

Movies

	Year	Film	Role	Language
	2003	Tujhe Meri Kasam	Anjali (Anju)	Hindi
	2003	Boys	Harini	Tamil
	2003	Satyam	Ankitha	Telugu
	2004	Masti	Bindhiya	Hindi
	2004	Samba	Sandhya	Telugu
	2004	Sye	Indu	Telugu
	2005	Naa Alludu	Gagana	Telugu
	2005	Sachein	Shalini	Tamil
	2005	Subhash Chandra Bose	Anitha	Telugu
	2006	Happy	Madhumathi	Telugu
	2006	Raam	Lakshmi	Telugu
	2006	Bommarillu	Hasini Rao	Telugu
	2006	Chennai Kadhal	Narmadha	Tamil
	2007	Dhee	Puja	Telugu
	2008	Mr. Medhavi	Swetha	Telugu
	2008	Satya In Love	Veda	Kannada
	2008	Santosh Subramaniam	Hasini Govindan	Tamil
	2008	Mere Baap Pehle Aap	Shikha Kapur	Hindi
	2008	Ready	Puja	Telugu
	2008	Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na	Aditi Mahant	Hindi
	2008	King	herself	Telugu
	2009	Sasirekha Parinayam	Sasirekha	Telugu
	2009	Life Partner	Sanjana Jugran	Hindi
	2009	Katha	Chitra Singh	Telugu
	2010	Chance Pe Dance	Tina Sharma	Hindi
	2010	Uthamaputhiran	Pooja	Tamil
	2010	Orange	Jaanu	Telugu
	2011	Urumi	Arakkal Ayesha	Malayalam
	2011	Force	Maya	Hindi
	2011	Velayudham	Bharathi	Tamil
	2011	It's My Life	Natalie Chopra (Geenu)	Hindi
	2011	Hook Ya Crook	Sonia Rai	Hindi
	2012	Naa Ishtam		Telugu
	2012	Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya	Mini	Hindi
	2012	Rock The Shaadi		Hindi

Awards

Nominated—Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer –Tujhe Meri Kasam(2003)

Nominated: Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award-Santosh Subramaniam(2008)

Nominated: Vijay Award for Best Actress-Santosh Subramaniam(2008)

Nominated: Star Screen Award for Best Actressaane Tu Ya Jaane Na(2008)

Nominated: Stardust Superstar of Tomorrow-Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na(2008)

Winner: Nandi Special Jury Award-Bommarillu(2006)

Winner: Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Actress-Bommarillu(2006)

Winner: Santosham Award for Best Actress-Bommarillu(2006)

Winner: Nandi Special Jury Award-Katha(2009)