Now the host of Indian television’s Big Switch, actress and model Genelia D’Souza has made a film career typified by hard work despite several stumbling blocks in a career that launched practically by accident.
The Mumbai-born D’Souza completed a bachelor’s degree in management studies, became a state-level athlete playing football and sprinting, and considered going to work for her mother’s employer, Pharma MNC, when she landed her first movie role, in Tujhe Meri Kasam, a Bollywood film centered on two close friends. Earlier, at 15, she was a bridesmaid when spotted by a modeling agent who steered her toward a Parker Pen commercial spot with Amitabh Bachchan—who praised her expressions and her spontaneity. That led to further advertisements including a Fair and Lovely 2003 Cricket World Cup spot with cricketer Krishnamachari Srikkanth and, the same year.
The Mumbai-born D’Souza completed a bachelor’s degree in management studies, became a state-level athlete playing football and sprinting, and considered going to work for her mother’s employer, Pharma MNC, when she landed her first movie role, in Tujhe Meri Kasam, a Bollywood film centered on two close friends. Earlier, at 15, she was a bridesmaid when spotted by a modeling agent who steered her toward a Parker Pen commercial spot with Amitabh Bachchan—who praised her expressions and her spontaneity. That led to further advertisements including a Fair and Lovely 2003 Cricket World Cup spot with cricketer Krishnamachari Srikkanth and, the same year.
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