Genelia D'souza has established herself as one of the leading actresses of the South 
Indian film industry.In addition to movie acting, D'Souza has hosted the television show Big Switch, and is the brand ambassador of Fanta, 
Virgin Mobile India, Fastrack, Margo, and Perk in India. D'Souza was a part of Tamil director 
Mani Ratnam's stage show, Netru, Indru, an event which seeks to raise funds for 
The Banyan, a voluntary organisation which rehabilitates 
homeless women with mental illness in Chennai. D'Souza is deeply religious and says that, 
Genelia D'souza regularly attends Sunday Mass at St. Anne's Parish, and whenever the 
family is home, a part of their evening is reserved for saying the rosary together. In an interview with The 
Times of India, she comments, "I keep a Novena every Wednesday at St. Michael’s 
Church in Mahim . It was established in 1930 and is being managed by the 
fourth generation of the founders' families. The East 
Indian Book of the Year award went to Cassia Pereira who released a cookbook this year. Cassia is the daughter of Dorothy, who wrote 'Trace' on the subject of 
East Indian history.