Salman & Asin - IS there somethinggoing on???? - Page 3

Asin Thottumkal and Neil Nitin Mukesh have been in the news for over a year now. Soon after his break up with childhood sweetheart Priyanka, Neil had been spotted having cozy dinners with the actress.

In 2010, Asin and Neil were signed up to play the leads in Ravi Chopra's film titled Pocketmaar, which has not yet gone on floors. Then, on his advice, Asin went on to buy the same car as he owns the very same car that was spotted outside her place pretty often. However, the stars, like many others before them chose to maintain that they are 'simply friends'.

Since then, there have been rumours about Neil recommending Asin to many producers. In fact, Neil had angrily told a section of the media recently, "Asin is a very close friend, and I see no reason why I should shy away from that. I am fond of her and we are good friends, but I don't need to recommend her to anyone."

However, recently, when Hriday Shetty (son of late Shetty, the ace villain) approached Neil to play the male lead in his film, the actor heard him out and also suggested that he ask Asin to play the female lead opposite him. Which negates whatever Neil told the media earlier about not recommending Asin.

Excited with things falling into place, Shetty approached the Ghajini star. "Hriday was shocked when Asin not only refused the offer but also told him the role wouldn't suit Neil either," revealed a source.

Hriday had nothing to say to that. He couldn't imagine what was going on between the two actors. "Asin and Neil have become very close to each other. Their combined decision about the Hriday Shetty film was kind of weird and hard to explain," added our source.

While Neil who is in Russia shooting for Abbas Mustan's Players was unavailable for comment, his spokesperson said, "Neil is not dating Asin. But I am not aware of the Hriday Shetty incident." On the other hand, Asin, who will be seen with Salman Khan in Ready next, chose not to reply to our calls or text messages.