Ayushmann Khurrana learns Marathi for Sriram Raghavan's next

Ayushmann Khurrana, who plays a visually-impaired piano player in Sriram Raghavan’s untitled thriller, is currently learning Marathi. Since the actor plays a character living in Pune, the director wants him to speak a few dialogues in Marathi. Says a source, “Sriram’s characters look extremely authentic and real. He wanted Ayushmann to speak in Marathi, too. Ayushmann loves the language and he is thrilled that he got an opportunity to learn it. Sriram feels this is critical to make the character extremely real in its setting.” 

The filmmaker had also made Varun Dhawan speak a few dialogues in Marathi in Badlapur. “This is typical of Sriram. He likes his characters to blend in with the setting. Ayushmann also wanted to be perfect and so is taking diction lessons before the shoot,” the source adds. Ayushmann had earlier learnt Bengali during Meri Pyaar Bindu, as his character hailed from Kolkata.