Thursday, December 11, 2008

Asin displays two different shades in ‘London Dreams’

Newcomer Asin portrays two different looks for her ‘London Dreams’. At home, she is a docile conservative South Indian girl. But put her on stage and she transforms into a cool chic rock singer with a guitar in her hands and a song on her lips. Though it has not been officially disclosed by producer-director Vipul Shah, it is reliably learnt that Asin even gets to sing in her voice and play the guitar in ‘London Dreams’.

Meanwhile, getting her big break in Bollywood, Asin has moved bag and baggage with her parents to pursue a full-time career in Hindi cinema saying bye-bye to South. However, Asin says she is open to regional cinema if the script is good. The family has been staying in a rented place in the suburbs for a year now.

But now, Asin is ready to buy her own place in Bandra. “We’re looking at some places. And we’ll zero in on the place we want soon.”

About her role in London Dreams Asin is totally tightlipped. “All I can say is, it’s something I’ve never played before. In fact I think it’s a role never seen in Indian cinema. Beyond that I can’t talk about it. But I’m very excited about both Ghajini and London Dreams. I’ve a long list of criteria for selecting a role beginning with the director, banner and co-star and ending with the cinematographer…I want them all to be just right. Am I being greedy? Perhaps. I’m sorry. I can’t settle for anything but the best,” said Asin.
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Sanjay Dutt voluntarily reduces his price

Sanjay Dutt has taken a considerate step towards scaling down of rising star prices in Bollywood at a crucial time with crippling recession, plus the big terror blow that Mumbai suffered on 26/11. Sanjay, who had recently increased his remuneration by a good 60 percent to Rs.15 crore (Rs.150 million) has realized that there is no wisdom in unnecessarily charging a prohibitive fee that brings projects down even before they hits the theatres.

“After the attack on Mumbai, people have cut down drastically on their visits to shopping malls and movie theatres. So the situation has got even worse. We in the film industry are part of one big family and we’ve to make our family survive this worst-ever crisis,” Sanjay said

Sanjay Dutt Productions CEO Dharam Oberoi said, “He thought it would be unfair to hike his prices at a time when the industry is struggling with recession.”

Sanjay is currently shooting for Rahul Dholakia’s Lamhaa. Oberoi said the prices would be effective on films that he signs in 2009.
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