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Southern beauty Asin Thottumkal, who stepped into Bollywood three years back and has already worked with bigwigs like Aamir Khan and Salman Khan, says that she finds herself lucky to have got such opportunities.

“I do find myself lucky because in the film industry there are a lot of factors that probably result in success. You need talent and discipline but somewhere you need to have that X factor also. What that X factor is, whether that’s luck, or god’s grace or the wishes of all the people around you, that is open to interpretation.

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Ready has opened to a huge response with its opening day takings second only to Dabangg. South Indian actress Asin has now managed a second successful film for herself after Ghajini, which means she can now leave the disappointment of London Dreams behind her.

In a conversation with Joginder Tuteja and, Asin talks about her chemistry with Salman Khan and how their professional relationship has grown between the two films and her growing relationship with Bollywood…

lRumour has it you were Salman’s first choice for Wanted before Ayesha Takia stepped in. Also, you were supposed to play his wife (instead of Kareena Kapoor) in Main Aurr Mrs Khanna. Is that true?

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Neil Nitin Mukesh, who has just returned after a gruelling schedule in Russia for Abbas Mustan’s Players, is amazed that during his absence he has been linked not just to Asin but matters have reached a stage where it is being said that he is recommending her to filmmakers and she is making career decisions for him.

He rubbishes the rumours saying, “To begin with I am not seeing Asin. I don’t know how these rumours take life. Regular friendships become affairs and suddenly someone else other than me and my family are making career decisions for me.

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It is the return of good times for actress Asin. After a lull in her career, her calendar suddenly looks overactive. Now, with READY opposite Salman all set to roll, the actress is also getting set to shoot for Sajid Khan’s HOUSEFULL 2 soon.

But, amidst all this frenzy, Asin is harbouring a few dilemmas too. According to our sources, one of the biggest confusions Asin has for the moment is about her bikini act in HOUSEFULL 2 and the poor actress can’t seem to decide.

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While some of the Bollywood as well as K’Town stars take off to exotic locations abroad to beat the summer heat, here is our own Malayali girl Asin Thottumkal who chose to be different.

Instead of going to foreign locations, the Ghajini girl preferred to go her native place in God’s Own Country, which according to her, is a ‘Paradise on earth’, which is lush green and has water everywhere.
The pretty actress along with a gang of her school friends is cooling her heels in a houseboat in Alleppey for the last few days.

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Superstar Salman Khan, who will be back in action with Asin in Anees Bazmee’s ‘Ready’ says, the southern beauty is certainly one of the better actresses in the current crop.

“I think as far as acting is concerned she is one of the better actresses that we have today. The amazing thing about her is that she tasted success with ‘Ghajini’, which was almost three years back,” Salman said.

‘Ready’, a romantic-comedy, starring Salman and Asin in lead roles, promises to have the audiences rolling down the aisles with its hilarious storyline.

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It seems the ‘Ghajini’ star Asin Thottumkal is in much demand these days, and is all set to join the SRK camp soon.

Reportedly, the actress, who has already worked with two Khans of the industry, will be seen playing the leading lady opposite Shahrukh Khan in a movie based on Chetan Bhagat’s ‘2 States’.

Buzz is that Asin, who has already teamed up with Aamir Khan in ‘Ghajini’ and Salman Khan in ‘London Dreams’ and ‘Ready’, was the first choice of producer Sajid Nadiadwala and director Vishal Bhardwaj for the SRK-starrer forthcoming movie.

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Kareena Kapoor is known for giving honest remarks about everyone, be it her friends or her contemporaries. However, little does the actress forget that her remarks often land her into trouble.

Recently, Bebo happen to watch the Malyalam as well as Tamil version of of her upcoming Hindi remake ‘Bodyguard’. However, what followed later that after watching the movie, Kareena felt that nayanthara who played the lead in the Malyalam flick was much better than Asin who was the lead in the Tamil Version of ‘Bodyguard’.

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Salman Khan and Asin’s dance number Dhinka Chika from the film Ready is making waves.

Ask Asin what has worked for the song and she takes nothing more than a second to blurt out, “Salman Khan of course.”

In a recent tête-à-tête, the actress said, “Salman’s the best thing about Dhinka Chika. He has this trademark step in the song which is completely awesome. All Salman songs these days have one trademark step and they become a huge hit. I am sure Dhinka Chika will have the same outcome.”