No more daddy’s girl: Asin

Actress Asin Thottumkal has to manage her life and
career on her own for the first time as her father prepares to go in for
surgery. But she says she is determined to prove herself. “He has been avoiding
getting into the hospital. He felt if he was off his feet, my work would suffer.
But this time I’m determined to prove him wrong. I’ll continue my work in his
absence,” said Asin, who made an impressive entry in Hindi films with “Ghajini”.
“Will I miss my dad? He has taught me to be a strong girl,” Asin told IANS.
Asin’s dad Joseph Thottumkal, who is to go under the knife for an appendectomy,
has been attending to all of his daughter’s business calls from bed. “He is on a
drip. No food allowed…

And still he’s constantly on the phone discussing
and confirming my prior engagements. He’s very clear on one thing. Under no
circumstance am I supposed to let any of my commitments suffer because of his
hospitalisation,” said Asin, who walked away with Filmfare Best Hindi Debut
award. To compound her distress, Asin’s mother, who is a doctor, is also
spending as much time with Joseph as possible, leaving Asin with no choice but
to fend for herself at home. “My father was in pain for some time.He tried to
play it down, took pain killers.But then it got worse. And we were unable to go
to my native place in Kerala to cast my vote for the Lok Sabha elections. For
the first time in my professional career I found myself travelling alone to
Bangalore for a commitment. It felt different.

But one has to manage. I’d like to believe I’m
quite a capable girl,” she said.Asin returned from Bangalore and rushed straight
to the Kokilabhen Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital where her father had been admitted.
It’s quite near to where we live, yet seems so far away,” said the actress whose
next Hindi release is “London Dreams”, which also stars Salman Khan and Ajay
Devgan.