Asin set to become Shahrukh Khan’s girl

Aamir Khan’s Ghajini girl Asin Thottumkal is all set
to become Shahrukh Khan’s girl in the upcoming Yash Raj project. Katrina Kaif
was initially being considered for this project but the King Khan made a
conscious decision of keeping away professionally from anything that’s related
to Salman Khan, so, Katrina’s name was dropped.

“But then there was also a problem having Asin in the film.” sources further
reveal. “The Yash Raj project was to go on floors during 2009 but Asin was
committed to do a Priyadarshan project co-starring Akshay Kumar. In fact Akshay
himself had suggested her name and she had landed in a catch 22 situation as
rejecting the Yash Raj project would mean taking on the biggest production
house’s ire and refusing Akki’s film would mean hurting him.

Since, Akki herself had suggested her name, Asin was not able to back out of
it. But then luck favoured the Southern beauty as recently Akshay announced his
inability to shoot the Priyadarshan project in 2009 and allotted dates of March
2010. Now her dates for 2009 end got free and she intimated Yash Raj about it.

Now the buzz doing the rounds of industry circles is, Asin may be replaced
from the Priyadarshan project with Katrina Kaif. Now that would make it a full
circle if it happens so!”