Entertainment
Foreign actors working in India reflect on their journeys to learn Hindi. They emphasize the importance of language in securing roles and embracing the culture.
Before ever setting foot in India, I got so hooked on Hindi movies that I got myself a book called Teach Yourself Hindi and started. I loved it so much that by the time I got here for the first time I had a head start and hit the ground running. Since I could already speak Hindi when I arrived it’s actually been something from the beginning that has helped me secure more work. The job where I cut my teeth in the industry was a TV serial, Jhansi ki Rani, where I was the main villain in what must have been over a hundred episodes. Those were crazy days, where they’d often give me my Hindi lines just before we’d shoot the scene…in Devanagari! I
