Bollywood

Was warned that Bollywood functions differently: Dhanush

New Delhi: Having been in southern film industry for around 12 years, Bollywood still is oblivious to one of South's most popular actor Dhanush. Only known as superstar Rajinikanth's son-in-law and the 'Kolaveri Di' singer in Bollywood, Dhanush is all set to make his presence felt in the Hindi film industry with his upcoming film 'Raanjhanaa'.

But it has not been an easy for the actor to switch gears and make a shift to Bollywood films. Dhanush plays a character who belongs to Varanasi and the actor had to learn to speak in fluent Hindi. "Speaking Hindi is the toughest thing I have ever done. Not just in terms of cinema but also otherwise. It is yet to sink in to see myself speak Hindi on screen", says Dhanush.

When asked if co-actor Sonam Kapoor has been helping in making him feel comfortable with the new language, Dhanush immediately replies, "No one taught me Hindi, they all failed at it. But, after a lot of practice it happened."

But at the same time, Dhanush maintains that Sonam has been very cooperative throughout the shooting of the film. "Sonam was very patient. She did not laugh at me even once when I had difficulty with Hindi."...more    

'Raanjhanaa' love story has more depth than 'Tanu Weds Manu': director

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Rajinikanth to watch 'Raanjhanaa' on release day: Dhanush

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'Bhaag Milkha Bhaag' is not a sports film: Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra

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Sonam Kapoor, Dhanush talk about their movie 'Raanjhnaa'

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John Ibrahim talks about his movie 'Madras Cafe'

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Life of an action star is really short: Jackie Chan

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I want to do only Bollywood films for another 5 years: Susi Ganeshan

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Kunal and I are not getting married this year, says Soha Ali Khan

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Don't know how I became an action director: Prabhudeva

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Got to live the DDLJ moment with SRK in 'Chennai Express': Deepika

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Kareena Kapoor, Emraan Hashmi to team up for a romantic film

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Madhuri plays a begum in 'Dedh Ishqiya': Abhishek Choubey

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Snapshot: Glam diva Mallika Sherawat goes desi for 'Dirty Politics'

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'Ghanchakkar' director is the biggest ghanchakkar: Emraan

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Akshay Kumar is our godfather, says Sajid-Farhad

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Deepti Naval has done a cameo in 'BA Pass': director

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