Asin Thottumkal

Date of Birth
26 October 1981, Cochin, Kerala, India

Birth Name
Asin Thottumkal

Nickname
Queen of Kollywood

Height
5' 4" (1.63 m)

Mini Biography

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.

After obtaining a Degree in B.A. English Literature, she assisted her dad in his business (which

includes software, export

of furniture and antiques) and also took up modeling on the side. Her modeling assignments

included Colgate Toothpaste, and

Fairever Cream.

This exposure got her noticed and she made her debut on the tinsel screen through director

Sathyan Anthikad's "Narendaran

Makan" with Malayalyee actor Kunjachacko Boban.

After her initial success, she was offered Telugu movies, and warmly welcomed in the Telugu

film industry. It was a smooth

transition from Telugu to Tamil with the film "M Kumaran s/o Mahalakshmi". Asin starred in

the original Telugu version, so

she was the obvious choice for the Tamil remake, opposite Jeyam Ravi. The movie was a super

hit. What makes Asin hot in the

Tamil film industry, apart from her looks, is that she has teamed up with all the top heroes --

Vijay, Ajith, Surya and now

Vikram, in "Maja".

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.

Asin, along with her mom and dad, have left their Harrington Road apartment at Chetpet,

Chennai, and have re-located to an

apartment in Lokhandwala Complex, in Andheri (West), Mumbai, in order to enable her to

debut in Bollywood movies.

She has had a taste of success at a very young age in Indian regional movies, it remains to be

seen if her success will

continue in Bollywood also.

Scintillating actress Asin's incredible success story

The bewitching beauty Asin Kottukal who hails from Kochi in Kerala is one of the finest actresses down South. She began to
hog the limelight in her early teens by way of hosting lots of business interviews on television. Asin the lissome beauty
dazzled on television shows and soon attracted the attention of the glamorous ad world. From BPL to Bajaj to Tanishq,
Fairever, Colgate and Mirinda the refreshing beauty creating a niche for herself went on to do over sixty commercial
campaigns.
From the world of modeling to filmdom it has been a short journey for this amazing actress. Sathya, the Malayalam film
director eyed this sensuous beauty Asin and sensing great potentials as an actress in her laid a red carpet for her entry
into films. Thus began Asin's marvelous journey into films with Sathya's Malayalam movie, "Narendran Magan Jayakanthan Vaga"
. Then came her biggest blockbuster in Telugu "Amma Nanna O Tamil Ammayi" that catapulted her to great heights of successes.
Ever since there was no turning back for this amazing hot actress in South.

Asin the amazing actress won the hearts of hundreds and thousands of fans through her brilliant performances in several
movies. Come 2008. Her fans would be delighted to find the sensuous dazzling actress Asin occupying the covetous #1 slot in
southern film industry.