Asin Unplugged

If all had gone well Asin would have moved into her own home in Mumbai

by now.”But I’ve been traveling non-stop. I had no time time to look around and find a place. But now we’re finalizing a place in Bandra. Hopefully by new year I’ll lock in to the place. And we’ll move in. Right now we feel a little unsettled. In Mumbai you desperately need your own home.”

Asin’s parents have moved from Chennai to Mumbai with her. “Both of them gave up their jobs to be with me. Mom is a doctor. She has taken voluntary retirement. She manages my home now. And Dad had seven
business enterprises. He gave them up to look after my career. Right now I’m quite a handful and worth more than all his business ventures.”

And she bursts into peals of laughter.

Asin is a fun-loving extremely atypical South Indian who chatters non-stop, if allowed.

She admits she was asked to keep quiet. “The marketing team felt better that I keep my distance from the press until the film’s release. However that didn’t stop wildly-speculative writeups about me. I read things about myself that I didn’t know.”

Like feeling insecure about her co-star Jiah Khan? “Is that really me?

I’ve worked in South Indian films with female co-stars and never felt insecure. I worked with Nayantara in the Tamil Ghajini without my conflict. Why would I feel threatened by Jiah? Was this a publicity strategy? It was being implied that I was somehow responsible for keeping Jiah out of the publicity. I don’t know how one heroine can influence a huge marketing strategy.”

Asin To Act with Shah Rukh Khan

She made a dream Bollywood debut with superstar Aamir Khan in Ghajini, which became one of the highest grossing Hindi films ever. Now Asin's ultimate desire, of working with Shah Rukh Khan, the ultimate Khan according to her, is coming true.


Yash Raj Films is planning a film with SRK and Asin in the lead. Ecstatic after hearing of the development, Asin feels working with King Khan could be the highlight of her career.

Asin had expressed her desire to work with Shah Rukh Khan while she was promoting Ghajini. Seems like her wishes could come true very soon.

Asin is working with another super Khan, Salman Khan, in Vipul Amrutal Shah's London Dreams. Meanwhile, director Nikhil Advani has also expressed an interest in casting Asin along with Akshay Kumar for an upcoming flick called Patiala Dreams.