Actresses from across the globe are learning the local language, celebrating the state in true style
“Yellarigu Kannada Rajyotsavada shubhashayagalu,” says actress Shanvi Srivastava who rose to fame with Chandralekha and is now set for the biggest release Masterpiece opposite Rocking Star Yash. It’s November, and the time to celebrate Kannada, and its great culture. And what better way than to speak to the leading ladies who taken time to learn the language. While Sandalwood celebrates the beautiful language, there are various talents from other cities that have taken to the industry irrespective of the language barriers.
Bengaluru Chronicle speaks to a few actresses who have embraced Kannada through Sandalwood, and have enjoyed their Kannada learning experiences. The Kashmir Ki Kali Aqsa Bhat, who makes her debut in Ratnaja’s Preethiyelli Sahaja says, “I was very scared to face the camera as I had no acting experience and Kannada was a new language. I was hesitant to sign the film as it was a comeback project for the director, and I had to play the central character. I refused as I thought I will fail to reach his expectations, especially in speaking the language on screen.”
She adds, “But then, he groomed me for two months. I worked hard, especially on the dialogues which are based on pure Kannada literature and are very poetic. The director was very strict with the dialogue delivery and pronunciation.”
Learning Kannada, Aqsa reveals, gave her many sleepless nights, “I have not slept for several nights during shooting as I use to learn my dialogues at night. My first day shoot was with Sushasini Maniratnam madam and I had a five page dialogue. I practiced the whole night and with the help of the director, I was able to do it. Suhasini Madam was very surprised and even said that she never believed that it was the first day of my acting career — she compared me with herself when she came to industry.”
For Shanvi, it was director Om Prakash Rao who taught her the first Kannada word. “I later realised that it was a bad word. He had asked to say it to Sadhu Kokila, who took great pleasure in telling me what the actual meaning was! Initially, it was just these kind of pranks. Later, I worked hard to learn the language. As I was simultaneously working for Telugu films too, there was confusion between the two, but now I can easily understand the language but I am still learning to talk.”
For actress Richa Panai who featured alongside Golden Star Ganesh in Buguri, it was difficult to learning the language, “My co-directors have been helping me learn the language, and prepare for the dialogue delivery. I write it in Hindi or English, and repeat it several times till I am thorough and have the right expression and pronunciation. I am now doing my best to learn the language,” she says.
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