Asin in real headache – NRI’s to boycott

Kaaval Kaadhal is a forthcoming Tamil romantic comedy film written and directed by Siddique. Starring Vijay and Asin Thottumkal in lead roles, the film is the remake of the director's previous Malayalam film Bodyguard.

The film began its principle shoot in April 2010

With the announcement of the remake, Siddique had finalized Vijay to play the lead role, reminiscent to their previous venture Friends (2001), which was also a remake of Siddique's own Malayalam film.

Asin Thottumkal was signed up to pair with Vijay for the third time after their previous pairings in Sivakasi (2005) and Pokkiri (2007), also giving Thottumkal a comeback in Tamil cinema after her last appearance in Dasavathaaram (2008). Vadivelu, Rajkiran, and Roja Selvamani were also signed up for supporting characters. The film's principal shoot began in April at Kumbakonam.[6]

An incident occurred on sets in April, where Asin, her father, and her make up assistants had fainted in their caravan after being exposed to a gas leak. They were treated in hospital the same day and were eventually discharged.

The second shoot schedule occurred in Vellore. Vijay and Asin, along with director Siddique and rest of crew had taken part in the shooting at the Vellore Institute of Technology.

A song was shot at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This is the second time, Vijay went to Malaysia after Kuruvi.

The Federation of Tamil Sangams of North America (FeTNA) said Asin films would be boycotted by their members because of her visit to Sri Lanka, despite a ban by the Tamil film industry.

When Asin was in Srilank for IFFA she visited an eye camp in Jaffna, drawing the ire.

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