Happy Birthday, Genelia D'Souza. Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya@30

Actress Genelia D'Souza has taken a sabbatical of sorts and is currently busy with mom duty. She and her actor husband Riteish Deshmukh are parents to two boys - Riaan, 2 and one-year-old Rahyl. Genelia, who celebrates her 30th birthday today, has starred in several films in multiple languages. She holds the Limca world record for delivering four hits in four different languages in one year. Here is a look at her journey in the film industry so far.

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Genelia D'Souza was born on August 5, 1987 in Mumbai to Jeanette D'Souza and Neil D'Souza. She studied in Apostolic Carmel High School and graduated in Management Studies from St Andrew's College. Genelia is a national level football player and a state level athlete and sprinter.

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Genelia got her first modelling break at the age of 15 when she appeared with Amitabh Bachchan in a Parker Pen commercial. She also featured in a Fair and Lovely advertisement alongside former cricketer Krishnamachari Srikkanth.

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Genelia's debut film was Vijaya Bhaskar's Tujhe Meri Kasam (2003) opposite Riteish Deshmukh, whom she married in 2012. The movie didn't do well at the box office and Genelia moved down South where she delivered some critically acclaimed performances. .

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In South, Genelia made her debut with the 2003 Tamil hit film Boys and there was no looking back for the actress.

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In 2004, Genelia was seen in the movie Masti again with Riteish Deshmukh but that year she was more noted for her southern films Samba and Sye.

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Genelia's performance in southern films like Bomarillu, for which she won the Telugu Filmfare Award for Best Actress in 2006, and Tamil film Santosh Subramaniam in 2008 were singled out for praise.

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It was 2008 film Jaane Tu...Ya Jaane Na opposite (then newcomer) Imran Khan that turned out to be the hit she was looking for and made Genelia a bona fide Bollywood star.

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Genelia's next two Bollywood films Life Partner (2009) and Chance Pe Dance (2010) turned out to be box office duds, although she was admired for her role in Telugu film Katha (2009), which fetched her a Nandi Special Jury Award.

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In 2011, Genelia featured in the Malayalam film Urumi for which she underwent rigorous training in sword fighting and martial arts.

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In Bollywood, Genelia featured opposite John Abraham in the film Force (2011) which received mixed reviews.

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Genelia last full-fledged role was in 2012 film Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya with her husband Riteish Deshmukh.

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In 2014, Genelia appeared did cameo roles in Salman Khan's Jai Ho and her husband Riteish's Lai Bhaari.

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Genelia married her longtime boyfriend, actor Riteish Deshmukh on February 3, 2012, eight years after they started dating. Theirs was Bollywood's first big wedding of 2012. They had a Marathi ceremony followed by a less-publicised church wedding.

Genelia and Riteish welcomed their first child, a baby boy, in November 2014, whom they named Riaan. Genelia D'Souza and Riteish Deshmukh welcomed their second child, Rahyl in June 2016.

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Here's wishing the actress a very happy birthday.

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