Unlearning-Hindi-was-tough-Prithviraj

Arjun Kapoor, who plays the king of gangsters in his upcoming YRF film, was spotted in royal blue at a promotional event Mumbai on May 9, 2013. Arjun displayed royalty at its best at press conference. His co-stars Rishi Kapoor, Prithviraj, Jackie Shroff and Sikander Khan, too gave him company. (AFP Photo)Bollywood debut with Aiyya (2012), is playing a cop in the film and is also its narrator.

Though Prithviraj could speak Hindi, he had a thick south Indian accent, due to which he had to ‘unlearn’ a lot of the language. “Unlearning Hindi was tough. I knew how to read, write and speak the language, but my accent was different from a north Indian. So I underwent a four-month workshop to perfect my accent and prepare for my role as the narrator,” he says.

Ask the actor whether he achieved the desired results and he says, “When Atul (director, Sabharwal) approached  me, he’d told me that giving the voiceover would be a bigger challenge than playing a cop in the film because that’s a role I have played multiple times in my films down south. I accepted the challenge and hope I’ve lived up to his expectations.”

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