Though Deepika Padukone hails from South India, she isn't as well
versed in Tamil as her native language. Moreover, though in CHENNAI
EXPRESS she is shown as a Tamilian, her character is required to
incorporate only the accent while speaking in Hindi. Once she began
work on the film, it wasn't easy for her to begin with as the thin
line between authenticity
and humour had to be kept intact. This is where Shahrukh came to her rescue.
''Shahrukh could see that Deepika may struggle to get her accent
right. In order to help her, he showed her a few videos on different
ways that Tamil people speak in Hindi. He also pointed out that when
that happens, the grammar changes a little bit as well. Especially for
those few South Indians who are not comfortable in Hindi, there are
some apparent mistakes. Deepika could relate to this as well since she
had moved from Bangalore to Mumbai a few years back and had to soon
adapt to the Hindi flavour,'' informs our source.
Says Deepika, ''Yes, this had happened with me in real life. I used to
mess up on grammar in my earlier days. Shahrukh was a good help though
during the making of CHENNAI EXPRESS. His guidance helped me. After
that I didn't have to rehearse. I went on the shoot, said my first
dialogue and it all became a part of me. Today you can give me any
dialogue in Hindi and I will speak it in true Tamil accent.''
We look forward to seeing that when the film releases all over on 8th August.
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