Asin out, Ayesha in! By Moviebuzz | Monday, 29 January , 2007, 10:34 First the bad news - The `numero uno` Tamil actress Asin will not be the heroine of Aamir Khan in the Hindi remake of Ghajini which will be directed by A.J.Murugadoss. Ayesha Takia who had done that super hit Telugu film Super opposite Nagarjuna and the recent multi-starrer Salaam-E-Ishq is going to play the role of Kalpana made memorable by Asin. Allu Arjun (Brother-in-law of Telugu superstar Chiranjeevi ) is producing the Hindi remake of Ghajini. Aamir Khan will do the lead role of the guy suffering from short term memory loss, out to avenge the death of his lover. Murugadoss will be directing the Hindi version with A.R.Rahman's music, camera by Ravi.K.Chandran and editing by Antony. The entire technical crew of the film is from Kollywood and hence it was decided that the cast should be from Bollywood! This was one of the reasons why Asin lost out to Ayesha. In fact Aamir Khan who had seen the original was all in awe of Asin's performance and had recommended her strongly for the project. A camera test was done in Chennai on her and another top actress from south, but both failed to reach the expectations required for a Hindi film heroine! Immediately Ayesha Takia was flown in from Mumbai and after the camera test, she was selected to do the coveted role of a middle-class, small time model who becomes the sweetheart of a business tycoon. The buzz is that a part of the film will be shot in Chennai city. Sources close to the production house comments: "Ayesha has a perfect blend of innocence and glamour and moreover her performance in the recent Nagesh Kukunoor directed Dor had come in for lot of appreciation." The shoot for the untitled film (likely to be titled Ghajini itself) will start from mid-April.
