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Asin Thottumkal debuted in the Malayalam film Narendra Makan Jayakanthan Vaka in 2001, directed by Sathyan Anthikkad. Her breakthrough as an actress came with her first Telugu language film when she played the role of a Tamil girl in the successful Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi opposite Ravi Teja.
Initially many in the Tamil industry considered her to be a jinx as the initial movies she signed in Tamil were either canceled, delayed or faced financial problems. Although she signed Ullam Ketkumae as her first Tamil film, her first release was M. Kumaran son of Mahalakshmi which was a remake of her Telugu film “Amma Nanna O Tamila Ammayi”. The movie went on to be one of the biggest hits in 2004 and introduced Asin to Kollywood.
Her movie Ghajini with Surya, which was released both in Tamil and Telugu, was a box office hit in both industries. She has become famous since then and went on to win the Filmfare Best Actress Award South for her role in Ghajini. Many movies followed and Asin played opposite some popular actors in South Indian Cinema, among them Surya, Vijay, Vikram and Ajith, with whom she starred in Pokiri with Vijay, Gharshana with Venkatesh, and Varalaru& Aalwar with Ajith Kumar.
Asin is also brand ambassador for various products including Fairever, Colgate and Mirinda. She was also a part of Mani Ratnam’s stage show, Netru, Indru, Naalai alongside many other co-stars.
She dropped out of Surya’s Sillunu Oru Kaadhal even after being offered three songs as she thought her role in the movie had not much scope. Her part went to Bhumika Chawla. She also had previously dropped out of Madhavan’s Thambi due to tight scheduling.
Her next movie for release Dasavatharam opposite Kamal Haasan and it will be dubbed in 8 languages including Malayalam, Telugu, Kannada, Bhojpuri, Marathi and Hindi.
Indian Hot Star Asin
Indian Hot Star Asin
Indian Hot Star Asin
Indian Hot Star Asin
Indian Hot Star Asin
Indian Hot Star Asin
Indian Hot Star Asin
Indian Hot Star Asin
Indian Hot Star Asin
Indian Hot Star Asin
Indian Hot Star Asin
Indian Hot Star Asin
Indian Hot Star Asin
Indian Hot Star Asin
Indian Hot Star Asin
For her upcoming Hindi film 'Ready', Asin has pretty much found herself in a position where she is one of the few trusted co-stars that Salman Khan boasts of. This is not the first time though that Salman has been ever so caring about a co-star of his. Even earlier, whenever Salman has caught fancy of his co-star and extended a friendly hand, he has gone all out to ensure that everything about him or her is taken care of.
"That's right. Asin has become further fond of Salman in last one year," a senior unit member from 'Ready' confirms, "Since after 'London Dreams' they are working together in 'Ready' again, they are spending a lot of quality time together. This has resulted in a very good bond between the two."
Another reason behind this good bonding is the fact that Asin too found a comfortable co-star in Salman.
"Whether it was Aamir in 'Ghajini' or Salman in 'London Dreams' and now 'Ready', I didn't have to make any changes to adapt to their working style," says Asin, "They made me feel really comfortable. I was free to do things the way I wanted to do because Aamir is very chilled out and he goes about his own job without interfering. Same is true with Salman. He doesn't come to you and tell you how you should be approaching your character. This is why it is so cool working with him."