Learning a new language

Nargis Fakhri, who will be seen playing a New-York based DJ in Eros International’s upcoming musical drama, Banjo, starring Riteish Deshmukh in the lead role, had difficulty understanding Marathi on the sets of the movie. Most of the people on the set including her co-star Riteish, director Ravi Jadhav and the crew members, used to converse in Marathi (which is their mother-tongue), and it became a problem for Nargis who was unable to understand what the conversation was all about. For that matter, even producer Krishika Lulla faced the same problem.

Interestingly, both Nargis and Krishika used to overhear people talking in Marathi, which helped them learn the nuances of the language. Nargis says, “Most of the people on the set including Ravi sir, Riteish and the crew members used to converse in Marathi and it raised my curiosity to know what the conversation was all about. So I used to check the same with the production guys and learnt a few common Marathi words quickly.”

Nargis was last seen in a glamorous role in Dishoom.