By Jilawatan

Asin may have got a reprieve from Nadigar Sangam, but Federation of Tamil Associations of North America , consisting of 30 Tamil organizations across the US, have decided to boycott her films.

Palani Sundaram, chief of the Tamil organization said: “We will boycott films of Asin because of her visit to Sri Lanka despite a ban by the Tamil film industry.”

Meanwhile, the actress , said she did not flout any diktat of the Nadigar Sangam and she stayed away from IIFA, and as far as seen with the wife of the Sri Lankan President, “ it was a question of protocol and could not do anything about it.”

By Jilawatan

South film industry is adamant of issuing a red card to the actress for having visited SriLanka for film shoots but now the Tamil organisations in North America have also said that the Asin’s films would be boycotted by their members too.

President Palani Sundaram in a statement sent to the South Indian Artistes Association (SIAA) said that The Federation of Tamil Sangams in North America (FeTNA) will boycott Asin’s films as she visited Sri Lanka despite a ban by the Tamil film industry FeTNA.

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The South Indian Artistes Association (SIAA), which had been threatening action against actor Asin for defying a ban and visiting war-ravaged Sri Lanka, has bought more time to arrive at a decision.

At the 58th annual general mody meeting on Sunday at SIAA premises, president R Sarath Kumar said a decision on Asin’s action would be taken by the Joint Consultative Committee at a meeting soon. Asin went to Colombo for the shooting of Ready,’ co-starring Salman Khan. On July 11, she visited Jaffna, the first actor to do so in 30 years, accompanied by the wife of Sri Lankan president Mahinda Rajapaksa. Some SIAA members demanded that a red card be issued against her, and Sunday’s AGM was expected to come up with a road map on the issue of actors visiting Lanka. Actor Karunas is planning a pilgrimage to a temple in Sri Lanka, a proposal condemned by actors like Satyaraj.

By Jilawatan

Salman seems to have taken away completely by the charm of Ghajini girl so much so that after having worked with her in dud like London Dreams he repeated her in his upcoming film Ready and also we hear that he has been recommending Ravi Chopra for his next.

There was a buzz that Salman had suggested her name to the director Anees Bazmee who was actually interested to sign Deepika Padukone. However, later it was rubbished as rumour but now we hear that he insisting Ravi Chopra to cats her although his first choice is Priyanka Chopra. So the question remains, will Asin replace Priyanka as Sallu’s heroine in Ravi’s next!

By Jilawatan

Actress Asin Thottumkal was linked to Indian cricket captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni in the past but the latter put an end to all the rumours by marrying Sakshi Singh Rawat recently. However, their past is not going to let them off. They bumped into each other a couple of days ago and had an awkward time.

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“Asin has been in Sri Lanka for almost three weeks shooting with Salman Khan for Anees Bazmee’s Ready. The Indian cricket team is also in Colombo for the Test series. Coincidentally, Asin and Dhoni are put up in the same five-star hotel,” Mumbai Mirror quoted a source as saying.

By Jilawatan

The actress with a beautiful smile, Asin Thottumkal has been shooting in Sri Lanka along with Salman Khan for Anees Bazmee’s Ready. However, in spite of her busy schedule, Asin has been taking out time for some social causes. Early last week, she became the first South Indian actor in 30 odd years to visit the war devastated regions of Jaffna and Vavuniya in Sri Lanka
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The actress was accompanied by Shiranthi Wickramasinghe Rajapaksa, wife of Sri Lankan President Rajapaksa. She took part in some events in the Eye Treatment Centre of the Jaffna hospital.

By Jilawatan

Asin’s bold statements justifying her visit to war torn Tamil regions in Sri Lanka have not cut ice with pro Tamil groups in Tamil Nadu still.

In a recent meeting jointly held by ‘Save Tamil Federation’ and ‘May 17 Movement’, it was again restated that the protests against Asin must continue.

The two pro Tamil groups have issued pamphlets reasoning why Asin must be banned. In that they have accused Asin of becoming an ambassador of Sinhala government accused of genocide. It also blamed her creating a false picture of Sri Lanka is in peace by accompanying with the President’s wife. The places she visited are banned for international media.

By Jilawatan

It’s not been very long that Indian skipper MS Dhoni tied the knot to Sakshi Rawat. However, the media has already embroiled him in a web of controversy. With the ongoing India-Sri Lanka series being played in Galle, Sri Lanka, MS Dhoni, as luck would have it, was put up at the same hotel as actress Asin, who is in the country shooting for ‘Ready’ with Salman Khan.

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Asin who was reported to have been sobbing sometime back due to series of unfortunate events happening in her life has come out bravely to answer all those who questioned her visit to Sri Lanka.

Recently, in an interview given to a website she said that people who can think will understand why she had gone to Sri Lanka, and also what is right and what is wrong. She believes she has been only professional when she went to shoot for the film Ready in Sri Lanka along with the team. According to her anyone can politicise and turn things to their own interests about which she cannot do anything.

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Asin, who was in Sri Lanka with Salman Khan shooting for her Hindi film Ready, made a trip to the war-torn regions of Northern Sri Lanka, thus becoming the first celebrity to visit the area.

She visited Vavuniya and Jaffna, where she organised Eye Care Camps. The First Lady of Sri Lanka, Madam Shiranthi Wickramasinghe Rajapakse, accompanied Asin to the region.

In Tamil Nadu, supporters of Sri Lankan Tamils have been calling for a ban of Asin’s films, because she went to Sri Lanka to shoot a film. She was currently shooting for a Tamil film, too.