IN DEMAND: WAITING FOR ASIN !

She may lying low up north but kolloywood is still...

"ASIN PATIENTLY LISTENED TO MY NARRATION OF A FILM. SHE SAID SHE WOULD GET BACK TO ME. I AM STILL WAITING FOR HER CALL"

     Asin is in a catch-22 situation. The actress is insistent on doing only Bollywood films with 'top saleable male stars' and thus refusing offers from Tamil cinema. After this London Dreams fiasco, offers up north have dried up for Asin and the latest is that she is going about town talking about pursuing her first love painting. Meanwhile, in Kollwood, Asin is still the most-wanted herine in every big actor's wish-list.

Kollywood grapevine is abuzz that at least four big projects are being lined up with her in mind, The strongest of the rumours is that Asin has confirmed that she will star in the Tamil remake of Siddique's Malayalam flick Bodyguard with Ilayathalapathy Vijay, Asin will play the female lead in the film (which had Nayanthara in the original) and shoot will dcmmence in March end.

Another project awaiting her approval is dirctor A R Murgadoss's upcoming film with Suriya for producer Udhayanidhi Stalin, which will start rolling in May-June. Meanwhile, rumour mills have been working overtime that Simbu met Asin in Mumbai and discussed his dream project Vaaliban. Also, Jayam Raja-who introduced Asin to Tamil films-has approached her for his next film with Vijay. And, the biggest of them all is that director Gautham Menon is in talks with her for his Hindi remake of Kaakha Kaakha.

Asin, when contacted, refused to talk about her future moves and cited the usual 'no dates' clause for not doing Bollywood films. Source close to her say that though she's open to doing Tamil films if the roles are good, she will take her own time to decide. Says a hit director, who has worked with Asin, "I called her up recently and she patiently listened to my narration of a film that I'm planning to do with a Tamil superstar. She said that she would get back to me within two days, but I'm still waiting for that call."