Planning heists and speaking Hindi, Mindy Kaling does it all in Ocean’s 8

“I was raised speaking English only because my parents spoke two different Indian languages, so the only language we all had in common was English,” said Mindy Kaling.

Indian-origin actor Mindy Kaling says it was difficult to learn Hindi for her forthcoming movie Ocean’s 8. “When I was cast in Ocean’s 8, I didn’t think there would be much prep but I ended up doing more than on any movie I’ve worked on,” Kaling said in a statement to IANS.

Mindy Kaling arrives for the world premiere of Ocean's 8 on June 5, 2018 in New York. (AFP)

“I had to become fluent enough in Hindi that I could speak it with ease in a couple of scenes and that wasn’t easy because I don’t speak any Indian languages.

“I was raised speaking English only because my parents spoke two different Indian languages, so the only language we all had in common was English. I also shadowed a jeweller so that I could learn how to hold all the instruments of the trade,” she said.

In the film, Kaling plays Amita, a jewellery maker, who turns a $150 million diamond necklace into seven smaller pieces for a heist.

A sequel to Steven Soderbergh’s Ocean’s trilogy, Ocean’s 8 stars Sandra Bullock as ringleader Debbie Ocean, the sister of George Clooney’s character Danny.

After getting out of jail, she recruits seven women -- Cate Blanchett, Rihanna, Anne Hathaway, Kaling, Sarah Paulson, Awkwafina and Helena Bonham Carter -- to help her pull off a jewellery heist at the annual Met Gala in New York.

Warner Bros Pictures will release in India on June 22.

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