Here's all about the bubbly Genelia D'souza!

Genelia D'souza is 29 years old , mother of two new-born sons and wife of the most loved comic actor Riteish Deshmukh.

Here's a flashback into her beautiful journey. 

Genelia was first noticed in her Parker Pen Ad with Amitabh Bachchan, which even landed her a role in Tujhe Meri Kasam (2003). She was keen to pursue a job in an MNC post graduation, but her destiny brought her to explore acting.









On meeting Riteish Deshmukh for the first time : 

She first met him at Hyderabad Airport and decided to look in the opposite direction, so as to set her standard by not accepting an influential son's ego. However, she soon realized how nice Riteish was, immensely respectful of elders and her parents. They shared views on Ritesh's qualification in architecture and her college exams.


On dating Riteish Deshmukh: 

Stories did the rounds ever since 2003. when Tujhe Meri Kasam released, but Genelia and Riteish denied to any such news. They have been paired in Masti as well as Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya as couples. Riteish would meet her in the Southern suburbs of Mumbai, to avoid the paparazzi. They never confessed to the usual 'I love you' as love was bound to happen between two compatible persons.

On their film association : 

Genelia always surprised Riteish with her natural, effortless and energetic performance. He would prepare for every scene in advance and think of doing it better than Genelia, but she always surprised him by taking it a notch higher. In fact, Tere Naal Love Ho Gaya was all about Riteish's reaction to a very spontaneous Genelia.







On marriage :

Initially, the Deshmukh Family was against their wedding, but Riteish persuaded his family to bring in Genelia as his life partner.  They got married in traditional 'Marathi' and 'Catholic' ceremonies in 2012.  They claim to have differences in opinion but never yell at each other. They are presently proud parents to Riaan and Rahyl.

On the work front : 

Genelia is a popular actor in Tamil and Telugu films. Riteish recently wished Genelia would star in a Marathi film with him. She has never really taken big projects post marriage, except for a few cameo appearances. Riteish left the choice to work entirely on Genelia and she decided to be out of the 'rat race'

Special Facts : 

Genelia shares her birthday with Kajol.

Genelia is extremely religious and thinks God has been the kindest to her. Her prayers are conversational with Him.

Her pet name is Geenu. Her name is a combination of her parents name ( Jeanette and Neil)

Aamir Khan found her perfect to be Aditi, her character in Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, and she was on board after his approval.