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Also known as Asin Thottumkal

Asin Thottumkal (born 26 October 1985) is an Indian former actress who appeared predominantly in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films. Asin is a recipient of several accolades including a Filmfare Award, two Filmfare Awards South and four SIIMA Awards. The Government of Tamil Nadu honoured her with the state's highest civilian award Kalaimamani, in 2009. Asin is considered as one of the leading South Indian actresses of the 2000s and is referred to as the "Queen of Kollywood".

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Born
1871
Died
1944
Works
43

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Acting · Cochin, Kerala, India

Asin Thottumkal known mononymously as Asin, is an Indian actress and trained Bharathanatyam dancer. She has received three Filmfare Awards. She began her acting career in the South Indian film industry, but now appears predominantly in Bollywood films. She speaks eight languages, and dubs her own films.

Known for

  • Narthanasala — Uttara2020
  • All Is Well — Nimmi Bhalla2015
  • Comedy Nights with Kapil — Self2013
  • Housefull 2 — Henna2012
  • Bol Bachchan — Sania Ali / Sania Bachchan / Apeksha2012
  • Khiladi 786 — Indu Tendulkar2012
  • Ready — Sanjana Singh2011
  • Kaavalan — Meera Muthuramalingam2011
  • India's Most Desirable — Herself2011
  • London Dreams — Priya2009

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Group
Origin
Philippines
Active from
1977
Active to
1990
folk rockopmp-pop

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
18,876
Total plays
292,726

Tags

Dark Industrial Technoindustrial hardcorehard technophilippinesfolk

There is more than one artist with this name: 1) ASIN is a Pinoy folk and folk rock band from the Philippines. After fronting rock and roll bands during her teens, Lolita Carbon met Cesar "Saro" Bañares Jr., Mike Pillora Jr., and Pendong Aban Jr. in Kola House, a folk rock club, and then decided to form their own musical group, naming it Salt of the Earth. They had signed a major record label and renamed their band to Asin after a record producer was searching for a "female" Freddie Aguilar <a

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Asin at Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza's wedding at Grand Hyatt.jpg
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Asin in 2013
Person.birth_name
Asin Thottumkal
Person.birth_place
Cochin, Kerala, India
Person.alma_mater
St. Teresa's College
Person.years_active
2001–2015
Person.works
Full list
Person.children
1
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Asin at Riteish Deshmukh and Genelia D'Souza's wedding at Grand Hyatt.jpg
Height
5.4
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Commons category
Asin (actress)
date of birth
1985-10-26
name in native language
അസിൻ തോട്ടുങ്കൽ
start of work period
2001-00-00
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16 sections
Contents
  • Early life
  • Career
  • Debut and early work (2001–2004)
  • Breakthrough and stardom in South Indian films (2005–2007)
  • Expansion to Hindi films (2008–2010)
  • Commercial success and final work (2011–2015)
  • Off-screen work
  • Humanitarian work
  • Brand ambassador
  • Personal life
  • In the media
  • Filmography
  • Accolades
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

Asin Thottumkal (born 26 October 1985) is an Indian former actress who appeared predominantly in Tamil, Hindi and Telugu films. Asin is a recipient of several accolades including a Filmfare Award, two Filmfare Awards South and four SIIMA Awards. The Government of Tamil Nadu honoured her with the state's highest civilian award Kalaimamani, in 2009. Asin is considered as one of the leading South Indian actresses of the 2000s and is referred to as the "Queen of Kollywood".

A trained Bharatanatyam dancer, Asin made her acting debut at 15 in Sathyan Anthikkad's Malayalam film Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka (2001). Asin had her first commercial success with the Telugu film Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi in 2003, and won a Filmfare Best Telugu Actress Award for the film. M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi (2004) was her debut in Tamil and a huge success. She received her Filmfare Best Tamil Actress Award for her most noted critically acclaimed performance in her third Tamil film, Ghajini (2005). She then played the lead female roles in many successful films, the most notable being the action films Sivakasi (2005), Varalaru (2006), Pokkiri (2007), Vel (2008) and Dasavathaaram (2008), hence establishing herself as the leading actress of Tamil cinema. In 2013, Asin was conferred with the Pride of South Indian Cinema award at SIIMA for her contribution to Tamil cinema.

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