After featuring in
back-to-back com
edies – “Ready”, “Housefull 2” and “Bol Bachchan” – Asin Thottumkal wants a change! She says she has no special corner for the genre and is definitely looking forward to performance-oriented roles.
Asked for the reason behind the string of comedy projects, Asin told IANS: “I would like to change that. I have a soft spot for these universally appealing, fun, emotional stories, not that I have an affinity towards comedy as a genre. “Now I am looking for more well-written roles and characters that have a scope for performance. I am looking for roles where the woman’s character is more fleshed out, but by that I don’t mean it has to be a woman-centric film. Luckily, all her comedy forays have been successful at the box office. However, Asin says “getting hits is great, but after a while you want to do something meaningful as well because for an actor, creative satisfaction is very important”.
The 26-year-old is on a high after the success of “Bol Bachchan”, in which she shared screen space with actors like Abhishek Bachchan and Ajay Devgn.
She made her Bollywood debut in 2008 with “Ghajini”, a Hindi remake of her own Tamil film of the same name. With four out of her five Hindi films being a success, Asin is quite satisfied with her journey so far.
In the southern film industry, Asin has a reputation of choosing her films carefully. But now she has date hassles thanks to her Hindi movie projects.
“I have been approached for a few south Indian films but could not take them because of the issue with dates; so that could not work out. But that does not mean that I am going to stay away from southern films.
“If something very interesting comes up, I will take it up because I don’t want to be repetitive down south. I have a body of work there and so if something different comes my way, I would love to take that,” said Asin, who made her acting debut with a Malayalam film in 2001.
The actress will next be seen in action comedy “Khiladi 786” opposite her “Housefull 2” co-star Akshay Kumar. (IANS)
