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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.

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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.

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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.

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The South Indian state of Tamil Nadu has a robust Film industry. From it’s nascent stages, film- making in the state has been inclusive in nature. Artistes and technicians from various parts of India have worked and continue to work in Tamil films. Many non –Tamils employed in the film sector have chosen to live in Chennai.

Sri Lankas film industry too has had historical links with Tamil Nadu. The first Sinhala film produced by SM Nayagam a Tamil was shot in Madras as Chennai was known earlier. Several other Sinhala films in the forties and fifties were made in India.

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‘Vamsam’, the maiden film of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi’s grandson Arulnidhi, has a connection with Asin. A cow, which plays an important role in the film, has been named after the actress.

According to sources, the cow, which belongs to Pudukkottai, is playing the role of heroine Sunaina’s ‘close friend’. “It acts as a messenger between Arulnidhi and Sunaina,” they maintain.

Explaining why director of the film Pandiraj decided to name the cow Asin, they say, “It is wholly for the purpose of evoking laughter in cinema halls screening ‘Vamsam’, since Asin is a very popular actress. He has no intentions to hurt anyone’s feelings.”

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Even though it might cost her a Tamil film with South star Vijay, Asin organised three-day eye-care camps in Jaffna and Vuvuniya in the war-torn Eastern Sri Lanka with the help of her Ready co-actor Salman Khan’s Being Human Foundation. She met Namal Rajapaksa, MP and the eldest son of the Lankan President, and expressed her desire to visit the war-stricken areas, when she landed in Colombo a month ago. ‘Money is no concern’
Asin, in association with Khan’s

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Looks like the uproar on a ban on Asin since she is currently visiting Sri Lanka for the shoots of a Hindi film will soon be settled. In a media interaction, Sarath Kumar clarified that fixing shoot locations is not really in the hands of actors and that Asin can’t be held responsible for her Sri Lanka visit. “We are working out on the issue and an announcement about that will be out soon,” Sarath added.

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Watch the trailer of director Pandiraj’s Vamsam, and you will find the heroine Sunaina making a reference to Asin.

Well it has nothing to do with actress Asin, but it is the name of a cow that plays cupid between the lead pair Sunaina and Arulnidhi!

Pandiraj the director of the critically acclaimed hit Pasanga, explains: “I have no intention of hurting anybody.

Asin is one of the most popular actresses in Tamil cinema, so for recall value and fun we named the cow Asin, which acts as a sort of love messenger between the hero and heroine.”