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- Personal Life/Family
- Likes and DisLikes
- Career:
- Awards
- Nominations
- Upcoming Films
- Currently Endorsing
- Past Endorsements
- Pop Videos
- Live Performances
Personal Life/Family
Genelia was born on 5 August, 1983 (Birth Year Not Confirmed) in Mumbai to Jeanette D’Souza who is a former MD of a Pharma Company and Neil D’Souza who is working with TCS. She apparently got her name from her parents only. Her Pet name is Geenu though Industry has given her another nickname Harini(the character she played in Boys). Her family hails from the Mangalorean Catholic Community. Genelia has a younger brother named Negil D’Souza who currently works in Bombay Stock Exchange. She studied in Apostle Carmel High School in Bandra and later pursued Bachelor’s Degree of Management Studies from St. Andrews College, Bandra. She was also a State level athlete and a National Level Football Player.
Likes and DisLikes
Her favorite colors are red and white. Her favorite outfit is Jeans/T-Shirts or Shorts/T-Shirts for daily wear and Salwars for functions. She loves white shirts and denims. Her favorite actor is Shahrukh Khan and favorite actress is Kajol (She shares her birthday with her 
). Her role models are Simran, Jyothika and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan. Her hobbies are watching films and listening to songs. Her favorite football player is David Beckham.
Career:
2002-2005 – Early Start
She made her debut through music videos in early 2002. Her first music video was Dil Kehta Hai for Greg and Stan who later claimed much fame for their album Dil Ki Baat in 2005. She then got a few ads of which her first ad was with BIG B – Amitabh Bachchan for Parker Pen. She also did a ad with Krish Srikanth for Fair and Lovely. These two ads got her noticed immediately in Bollywood and she landed up with two debut films in two languages released in same year – 2003 with the movies being Tujhe Meri Kasam in Hindi with Riteish Deshmukh and Boys in Tamil with Siddarth. She made her Telugu Debut with Satyam after which she delivered some big hits. She did her second Hindi Film in 2004 again opposite Ritesh Deshmukh which was successful but not enough for her to remain in Bollywood.
After Satyam, her Telugu Films included Samba, Sye, Naa Alludu, Subhash Chandra Bose, Happy and Raam. Most of them were successful. In Between she also did a huge Tamil Success titled Sachein.
2006-2007 – The Big Leap
And then in 2006, her career defining film came – Bomarillu with Siddarth. This movie is one of the biggest Telugu Hits of 2006 and also won her a filmfare awards besides critics appreciations. This film has been remade in 4 other language versions of which 2 – Tamil and Hindi versions star Genelia. Hindi version is yet to release in 2010 whereas its Tamil Version Santosh Subramaniam was hugely successful in 2008. After Bomarillu, she continued giving hit films in Telugu like Dhee, Mr Medhavi, Ready and Sasirekha Parinayam. She also did a guest appearance in a song in telugu film King.
2008 – The Big Comeback
In 2008, she also did her only Kannda movie titled Satya in Love. She was selected by a SMS Poll for the film and the movie created a bumper opening of Rs 4 crores – a record for Kannada Film Industry.
2008 also proved to be a big comeback year for her in Bollywood with 2 Big releases – Priyadarshan directed Mere Baap Pehle Aap opposite Akshaye Khanna and Aamir Khan’s Production – Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na opposite debutante and Aamir’s nephew – Imran Khan. While the former was a average success, the latter one instantly catapaulted her in big league of Bollywood which has opened her gates to Bollywood with 5 Hindi Films lined up and 4 New Brand Endorsements. Her role in JTYJN was liked for its freshness and her ability to put life into the character of Aditi which was highly appreciated especially among college goers. Infact according to a poll by Filmfare, this movie was ranked highest when asked for which movie people watched more than once in theatres in 2008.
