After “Omkara”, Saif Ali Khan will be seen in another unconventional role in “Aarakshan” – of a moustache-sporting village school teacher speaking in chaste Hindi and at times even Sanskrit.
So Saif sat like a good student in his room for days and learned Hindi and also took up Amitabh Bachchan’s suggestion to keep saying his dialogues through the day.
Speaking chaste Hindi was a bit of a challenge for Saif, as he has spent quite a lot of his days as a student in Britain. In fact, he also has a slight accent when he talks in English.
“Everyone knows there is serious Hindi in Prakashji’s movies! And Amitji (Amitabh Bachchan) and Manoj Bajpai clearly don’t have a problem with that at all,” said Saif, who has teamed up with Jha for the first time.
Saif is now more appreciative of Hindi as a language than ever before.
“The language is so rich and powerful, definitely more powerful than English. It sounds beautiful when spoken well. And I am glad I was able to speak it fine thanks to this wonderful opportunity of working with these great people – Prakashji and Amitji.”
The actor, who is currently busy working on his next home production “Agent Vinod”, says he is glad he took up a meaningful and socially relevant movie like “Aarakshan”.
