Genelia D'Souza

Genelia D'Souza Biography

Genelia D'Souza (Born in 5 August 1987, Mumbai, India) Her parents originally hail from Goa and later moved to Mumbai. She has acted over a dozen films in South Indian cinema.Genelia studied at Apostolic Carmel High School in Bandra, Mumbai. After school, she joined the St. Andrews College, Bandra to pursue a Bachelor's Degree. Mumbai-based Genelia starred in the big budgeted Boys by top director Shankar. She starred opposite fellow débutante Siddharth. The film was a box-office hit and launched her career.

She left Kollywood for a while to concentrate on the Tollywood industry, starring in other successful films including, Satyam, Masti, Samba and Sye. She followed it up with a pairing with popular actor Venkatesh in Subhash Chandra Bose. She returned to the Tamil industry with the Sachein with Vijay.It bombed at the Box Office. Her film, Happy opposite Allu Arjun was a hit.

Her most recent film, Bommarillu, with Siddharth Narayan, is a super hit. Chennai Kadhal, her Tamil project did average business.She was also a part of Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai. Recently, she won the Filmfare Award as a Best Actress for her performance in the block buster Telugu movie Bommarillu for the year 2006.

Genelia Filmography

Ready (2008)
Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (2008) - Aditi
Mere Baap Pehle Aap (2008) - Sheekha Kapoor
Mr. Medhavi (2008)
Ready (2008)
Dhee (2007) - Pooja (as Genelia)
Bommarillu (2006) - Hasini
Happy (2006) - Madhumati
Sachein (2005) - Shalini (as Harini)
Naa Alludu (2005)
Subhash Chandra Bose (2005) - Anitha
Sye (2005)
Samba (2004) - Sandhya
Masti (2004) - Bindya
Satyam (2003) - Ankita
Boys (2003) - Harini (as Harini)
Tujhe Meri Kasam (2003) - Anju (as Genelia)