Deepika Padukone learns Bengali for Piku

After learning Tamil for Chennai Express last year and flaunting a Maharashtrian accent for Happy New Year, recently, actor Deepika Padukone is now learning Bengali for her next film, Piku, that’s based in Kolkata.

After learning Tamil for Chennai Express last year and flaunting a Maharashtrian accent for Happy New Year, recently, actor Deepika Padukone is now learning Bengali for her next film, Piku, that’s based in Kolkata.

A source from the sets reveals that the 28-year-old has not only been doing workshops with the film’s director Shoojit Sircar, who happens to be a Bengali, but she also took help from veteran actor Moushumi Chatterjee.

“During the recent Kolkata shooting schedule, Deepika sat down with Moushumi-di on the sets amid shots and learnt some Bengali ­pronunciations,” says the source.

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Confirming the same, Deepika says, “I’ve played a Tamilian, a Maharashtrian, a Gujrati (in Ram Leela), a Goan (in Finding Fanny), and now I’m playing a Bengali. It’s always fun to learn a new language, as it’s a different learning ­experience. Bengali is a soft and lovely language. I’m enjoying the experience.”

The film also stars Amitabh Bachchan.