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The actress reportedly beat competition from Deepika Padukone and Genelia D'Souza to land the role.
"Asin plays the lead. I wonder where Deepika's name came from," Bazmi told Real Bollywood.
"The role requires a chulbuli vivacious, talkative and agile girl. Asin was the natural choice."
Thottumkal played a similar role in Ghajini, her only other Hindi film.
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