Pinto helped Patel to perfect his Indian accent in 'Slumdog Millionaire'

Dev Patel reportedly relied on his would-be girlfriend Freida Pinto to perfect his Indian accent while shooting for Slumdog Millionaire.

The duo met while working for the Oscar-winning flick and got along very well together as The Rise of the Planet of the Apes star helped Patel with his accent.

Pinto revealed that she asked her Slumdo Millionaire co-star not to imitate actors from the comedy show ‘Goodness Gracious Me’.

“With the accent, he was a bit nervous. But all I told him was, ‘Don’t do the whole Goodness Gracious Me thing.’ That just makes it very comical and it’s not required for Slumdog Millionaire,” the Daily Star quoted her as telling InStyle magazine.