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Asin Thottumkal (born 26 October 1985), known mononymously as Asin, is a former Indian actress who appeared predominantly in Tamil, and a few Hindi and Telugu films. She is a trained Bharatanatyam dancer.

She made acting debut through Malayalam film Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka (2001) and later on in Telugu film Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi and Tamil film, M. Kumaran Son of Mahalakshmi (2004).Her notable tamil films include Ghajini (2005). Sivakasi (2005), Varalaru (2006), Pokkiri (2007), Vel (2008) and Dasavathaaram (2008).

Asin made her debut in the Bollywood film Ghajini (2008), then acted in movies likes Ready (2008) , Housefull 2 (2012) Bol Bachchan (2012) and Khiladi 786 (2012).

Early life :

Asin was born on 26 October 1985 at Kochi in the state Kerala in a Malayali Syro-Malabar Catholic family. Her father Joseph Thottumkal is an Ex-CBI officer and later managed several businesses. Her mother Seline Thottumkal, who moved from Kochi to Chennai and then to Mumbai to live with her daughter, is a surgeon. According to custom, Asin was to be named Mary, after her paternal grandmother. Asin's father however, named her Asin as the name had a beautiful meaning. Asin has quoted that her name means "pure and without blemish". She states that the 'A' in her name is from Sanskrit meaning "without", and "sin" from English.

She attended Naval Public School from LKG through X standard. She then attended St. Teresa's School in Kochi for her Kerala Higher Secondary Examination Board (Plus Two) Education. After that, she attended St. Teresa's College in Kochi, a college affiliated with MG University, where she graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature.