Genelia Deshmukh is an Indian actress and model who predominantly appears in Telugu, Hindi, Marathi, and Tamil language films. After gaining wide attention in a Parker Pen commercial with Amitabh Bachchan, D'Souza began her acting career with the box–office hit Tujhe Meri Kasam in 2003.  In her college days, she was a state-level athlete and a national-level football player.Genelia was also seen in commercially successful films like Satyam (2003), Masti (2004), Bommarillu (2006) and Santosh Subramaniam (2008). She then made a smashing comeback in Bollywood with the super hit film Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na (2008). Some of her other notable films include Life Partner (2009), Chance Pe Dance (2010), Velayudham (2011) and Force (2011). She also made cameo appearances in Jai Ho (2014) and Lai Bhaari (2014). Genelia now has the film It`s My Life lined up. Her 2018 release includes Mauli. After a hiatus, Genelia made a comeback opposite husband Riteish Deshmukh in Mister Mummy (2022) and Ved (2022).