ASIN

Asin Thottumkal (Tamil: அசின் தோட்டுங்கல்) born October 26, 1985^[1]) is an award-winning Indian film actress who appears in various regional Indian movies. She is among the most popular actresses in the film industry.

Making her acting debut in Sathyan Anthikkad's Narendra Makan Jayakanthan Vaka (2001), Asin had her first commercial success with Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi in 2003, and won a Filmfare Award for the Best Telugu Actress for the film. She was widely recognized with her performance as a the murdered teacher in Gautham Menon's hit Gharshana (2004), and following this went on to demonstrate her versatility and flexibility as an actress, portraying a diversity of different characters, which were usually distinct from typical roles played by Indian actresses at that point of time, and introduced a new image of a South Indian film heroine.

After a number of critically and commercially successful films, she received her second South Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her performance in her second Tamil film, Ghajini (2005). She played the lead female roles in two consecutive top grossers, Ghajini (2005) which is her biggest commercial success to date, and the action comedy Varalaru (2006) and this way has established herself as one of the most prominent leading actresses of South Indian cinema. More recently, Asin has been making a debut in Bollywood, in Ghajini, the remake of its Tamil namesake.