Asin, the most beloved actress of the South, completes 12 years in cinema today. She started her film career with Narendran Makan Jayakanthan Vaka in Malayalam, but it was Amma Naana Oka Tamil Amaayi, her first film in Telugu, that made her a household name and she scaled to great heights in a short span of time.
With this Telugu film, news about her work, acting skills and beauty reached all corners of the South. Soon, Kollywood beckoned. It remade Amma Naana… into M. Kumaran s/o Mahalakshmi; Asin reprised her role convincingly and walked into the hearts of every Tamil. Kollywood became besotted with this actress – it almost wanted her to act in every film it made! Everyone was enamoured by her beauty, energy and chirpiness. Then came a milestone in her career – Ghajini. The film was a huge success and Asin was an inseparable component of that success story. The season after Ghajini saw her act with all the top heroes of Kollywood; she even became a widely-discussed name in the rest of India. The surprising fact is that her fan base stretched to include even little kids whose attention is normally riveted on the hero, his style and stunts! She has only added to her fan base after Dasavatharam, her beautiful eyes depicting mischievousness, vulnerability, and serenity. There is definitely something about her that makes everyone go crazy!
With every film she did, Asin became the heart-throb of the entire South – so much so that there was gloom when she went to Bollywood to act with Aamir Khan in the remake of Ghajini. The movie went on to become a blockbuster and Asin was now rubbing shoulders with the glitterati of Bollywood. She shifted to Mumbai permanently and started concentrating on her Bollywood career now. Her upcoming films include Welcome Back, Mere Apne and No Entry Mein Entry.
However, Kollywood still misses this beauty with brains and we hope that she signs a Tamil film soon.
