Desire to marry a tech billionaire turning true for Malayali actress.
By Dileep Thekkethil
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BENGALURU: Remember the bubbly Asin who wished to marry a telecom giant in the movie Ghajini that had Aamir Khan playing opposite to her? Seven years into the success of the movie, the actress from Kerala is busy planning her marriage, interestingly with one of India’s top telecom entrepreneurs, the co-founder of Micromax, Rahul Sharma.
Asin, who made her debut with the well-known Malayalam director Sathyan Anthikkad, found strong ground in Tamil industry, appearing on-screen with Kollywood superstars Ajith, Surya, Vijay and Jayan Ravi. Her career saw an upgrade when AR Murugadoss invited her to replay the role of Kalpana in the Hindi remake of his Tamil movie Ghajini with the same title.
Asin has been out of the mainstream Bollywood industry for the last three years and was rumored to be dating Rahul Sharma during this period. Sharma is also the CEO of the online brand of Micromax, Yu Televentures.
Now, ending all speculation surrounding their relationship, Asin confirmed that she would soon marry Rahul Sharma.
Asin’s comeback movie “All is Well”, slated to release on August 21st, has Abhishek Bachchan and Rishi Kapoor in lead roles. Her comeback movie is believed to be her last as she is reportedly quitting Bollywood and her acting career to settle down with her beau to enjoy marital bliss.
Asin was last seen in the Akshay Kumar starrer Khiladi 786 that released in 2012. It received mixed reactions at the box-office.
Asin Thottumkal, aged 29, was born to businessman Joseph Thottumkal and Seline Thottumkal, who moved from Kochi to Chennai and later to Mumbai. Asin’s early assignments were ad films.
Rahul Sharma is one of the most successful Indian tech entrepreneurs. He started Micromax along with four of his friends as a software firm and later entered the mobile manufacturing segment in 2008. In 2010, Micromax became the largest domestic manufacturer of smartphones and in 2014 it became the 10th largest smartphone seller in the world.
Asin and Rahul will tie the knot after the release of “All is Well”.