This year's m o s t t o a s t e d newcomer, Asin, seems to be getting more than her share of the limelight — which, of course,
includes controversies .
It all started when after the success of Ghajini, Asin turned down Priyadarshan's De Dana Dhan. "Success has gone to her head," say a number of Mumbai producers. However Asin stuck to her guns, refusing everything except Vipul Shah's London Dreams.
It now comes to light that Asin has a three-film deal with Madhu Mantena, the producer of Ghajini. However, he doesn't wish to work with her any more. Mantena says, "I do have a three-film
deal with Asin. I don't really want to say anything on this subject. But yes, I don't think I'll be working with her again."
On further prodding, a source says the problem was that Asin was aloof and extremely "into her own world" on the sets. "She insisted on speaking only in Malayalam and that too only with her father, making it very difficult for anyone else to approach her on the sets. She was completely inaccessible to everyone else. So yes, we're cancelling the three-film agreement."
However, Asin's father Joseph Thottumkal, speaking on his daughter's behalf, denies the three-film deal with Mantena. He says, "We don't work that way. We have so many producers coming to sign Asin for three-film and four-film deals. We say 'no' to all of them. We don't want her to be tied down by any deal. As far as we're concerned, Ghajini is over and done with. There's no other film with the same producers."
He continues, "I don't know why Asin is being attacked constantly in Mumbai. Could it be because she says 'no' to so many projects? Even about the Priyadarshan project, Priyan himself told me she did the right thing by turning down the role, considering how it finally turned out."
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