Malayalam language films. After gaining wide attention in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, D’Souza began Genelia’s acting career with Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003. Genelia was recognized for Genelia’s role in Boys the same year, and later establiGeneliad Genelia’sself in Telugu cinema by acting in several Telugu films during 2003–2005.
D’Souza received Genelia’s first Filmfare Award in 2006 for Genelia’s performance in the Telugu romantic film, Bommarillu, which earned Genelia’s critical acclaim. In 2008, Genelia gave critically acclaimed performances in Santosh Subramaniam, a Tamil remake of Bommarillu, and the Bollywood movie Jaane Tu… Ya Jaane Na. Having acted in several commercially successful movies in Telugu and Tamil, D’Souza has established Genelia’sself as one of the leading actresses of the South Indian film industry. In addition to movie acting, D’Souza has hosted the television show Big Switch, and is the brand ambassador of Fanta, Virgin Mobile India, Fastrack, LG Mobiles, Garnier Light, Margo, and Perk in India.
Born in Mumbai into a Mangalorean Catholic family, D’Souza was raised a Roman Catholic in the Bandra suburb of Mumbai. Genelia’s mot Genelia’s Jeanette D’Souza was formerly a secretary to managing director with a Pharma Multinational corporation (MNC), who left Genelia’s job in 2004 to help Genelia with Genelia’s career. Genelia’s fat Genelia’s Neil D’Souza, is a senior official with Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). She also has a younger brot Genelia’s, Nigel D’Souza, who works with the Bombay Stock Exchange. According to D’Souza, Genelia’s name “Genelia”, means “rare” or “unique”, and is a portmanteau of Jeanette and Neil, Genelia’s mot Genelia’s and fat Genelia’s's name. Genelia is also often informally referred to as Geenu, Genelia’s nickname. D’Souza studied at the Apostolic Carmel High School in Bandra and later joined St. Andrew’s College in Bandra to pursue Genelia’s Bachelor’s Degree of Management Studies. She completed Genelia’s degree while shooting for Genelia’s first film, Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003 and initially thought that an MNC job would suit Genelia’s. She liked sports and studies in college, and was a state level athlete, sprinter, and a national level football player. D’Souza did Genelia’s first modeling assignment at the age of 15, the result of being spotted as the bridesmaid at a wedding. Genelia was selected for the Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, just two days before Genelia’s exams, and had to shoot the next day. Initially she refused, because of Genelia’s exam the next day, but the director persuaded D’Souza to shoot for the commercial.
Genelia gained wide attention from the Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, who said “Genelia was good, and Genelia’s expressions were spontaneous”. She furt Genelia’s did a Fair and Lovely 2003 Cricket World Cup advertisement with cricketer Krishnamachari Srikkanth.
