Wednesday Dec 31 2008, Chennai

Asin says no to Vijay!

Asin, basking in the success of Aamir Khan’s ‘Ghajini’, has reportedly turned down the offer to act in Vijay’s 50th film, ‘Vettaikkaran’. Earlier, there were reports that Asin had agreed to act in the AVM film for a fee of Rs 2 crore, the highest remuneration ever offered to a south Indian actress.

Asin is busy with her second Bollywood film, ‘London Dreams’, with Salman Khan. Though the reasons for her refusal to act in the Vijay film is not known, it is reported that she is being flooded with big offers in Bollywood. Another reason was that the ‘Ghajini’ team had barred her from taking up Kollywood films before the release of the Hindi film, it is heard.

It was Ilaya Thalapathy who had decided on Asin as the heroine for ‘Vettaikkaran’, as he hoped the film would repeat the success of ‘Sivakasi’ and ‘Pokkiri’, in which they were paired. An upset Vijay is now reportedly trying to rope in Anoushka, the stunning beauty who debuted opposite Madhavan in ‘Rendu’.