Genelia D'Souza BioGraphy

Genelia Personal Profile

Name: Genelia D'souza

Nick Name: Genny,Cheenu

Date of Birth: August 5, 1987

Birth Place: England

Height: 5 ft 6 inches

Schooling: Apostolic Carmel High School in Bandra

College: St. Andrews College, Bandra

Education: Business Administration

Family: Mom, dad and elder brother

Profession: Actress, Model

First Film: Boys

First Hero: Siddarth

First Director: Shankar

First Producer: AM Rathnam

Hobbies: Watching movies and listening to songs

Favorite movie stars: Sharukh Khan and Kajol

Favorite singer: Lucky Ali

Favorite song: Secret of success

Favorite dresses: Jeans, T Shirts and Salwar Kameez

Languages known: English, Hindi, Telugu, Tamil, Kannada

Religion: Christian

Marital Status: Single

Nationality: Indian

Claim to fame: For Hasini role in Bommarillu movie (2006)

Genelia Biography

Genelia D'Souza is an Indian film actress, model, and host. She has appeared in Telugu and Hindi language films, as well as Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada language films. D'Souza first hit the limelight in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan. She made her acting debut in the Hindi movie Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003, which failed to propel her career in Bollywood, but soon achieved recognition in the Tamil film Boys the same year. She subsequently acted in many Telugu movies during the period from 2003 to 2005, which earned her recognition in the Telugu film industry.

Born in Mumbai into a Mangalorean Catholic family, D'Souza was raised a Roman Catholic in the Bandra suburb of Mumbai. Her mother Jeanette D'Souza was formerly a secretary to managing director with a Pharma 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). She also has a younger brother, Nigel D'Souza. According to D'Souza, her name "Genelia", means "rare" or "unique", and is a portmanteau of Jeanette and Neil, her mother and father's name. She is also often informally referred to as Geenu, her nickname. D'Souza studied at the Apostolic Carmel High School in Bandra and later joined St. Andrew's College in Bandra to pursue her Bachelor's Degree of Management Studies. She completed her degree while shooting for her first film, Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003 and initially thought that an MNC job would suit her. She liked sports and studies in college, and was also a State level athlete, sprinter and a National level Football player. D'Souza did her first modeling assignment at age 15, the result of being spotted as the bridesmaid at a wedding. She was selected for the Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, just two days before her exams, and had to shoot the next day. Initially she refused, because of her exam the next day, but the director persuaded D'Souza to shoot for the commercial. ( Imdb.com )

She gained wide attention from the Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, who said "she was good, and her expressions were spontaneous". She further did a Fair and Lovely 2003 Cricket World Cup advertisement with cricketer Krishnamachari Srikkanth.

'Bipasha and I split, because we're both headstrong'

John Abraham and his bond with Bipasha Basu earned reams of newsprint during their eight year old relationship. And lassoed in some more media mileage after the liaison went kaput. Expressly with Basu baring her feelings over it and John maintaining a studied silence. Until now, that is.

Word has it that John has gone ahead and spilled the (split) beans in a telly chat show.

Describing Bipasha as a "strong, caring person" , John is reported to have said that their romantic link did not fructify into matrimony simply because they were both "very headstrong individuals." He's also reportedly gone on to have said that Bipasha, at heart, was "a very homely person", quite contrary to the image painted out by the scribe tribe.

Interestingly, John's parents were on the chat show too and while his dad maintained that he'd be happy to see John settle down with "a girl of his choice", the actor's mother said that he needed a "more homely and caring woman who would understand him," studiously avoiding any mention of Bipasha Basu.

States a close source, "John's mother did not mention Bipasha even once on the show. John went on to say that it wasn't easy to end an eight year relationship, because he still cared for Bipasha. He also said that although men may say that they believe in women's liberation, they are quite chauvinistic at heart. John felt that maintaining a 'no comments' stance was best, because he did not want to trivialise matters or get Bipasha into an embarrassing spot by speaking about their split relationship to the media."

John, as per "close sources" is enjoying his singleton status to the fullest and reportedly been spotted having coffee and dinner with a certain model named Priya.(in.movies.yahoo.com)

Bipasha challenges truth in tapes with Amar Singh , She says"Its not me on tapes"

New Delhi: Bollywood actress Bipasha Basu has reacted strongly to the alleged taped conversation  between her and former Samajwadi Party (SP) leader Amar Singh, and says she can 'openly challenge' anyone to prove that it is not her voice on the tape.

'Pls request u all to go n hear d conversation 1st n then if u still think its me, I openly challenge anyone to prove it is me!' Bipasha posted on her Twitter page Thursday.

The transcripts of the tapes involving the former Samajwadi Party (SP) leader's phone conversations were barred from being published in media until now, but the Supreme Court lifted the ban Wednesday. According to reports, one of the conversations involves Bipasha.

The actress, who has recently admitted breaking off with actor John Abraham -- her boyfriend of nine years, feels that though rumours are a part of a celebrity's life, she finds these allegations intolerable.

'A celeb takes beatings of all kinds but if my dignity is challenged, I am ready to take this issue up in a stronger manner! There is a limit of making up stories at the cost of a celeb! Sensationalising ridiculous and untrue stories is not ethical at all,' she added.

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