Kangana
Ranaut
has
always
been
the
butt
of
jokes
for
her
pahadi
accent.
The
girl
'from
the
hills'
has
been
made
fun
of,
and
criticised
for
her
English
by
her
colleagues.
The
media
didn't
spare
her
either
and
poked
fun
for
abusing
a
character
in
Fashion
by
repeatedly
called
him
"busterd".
The
actress
made
note
of
all
the
jokes
and
snide
remarks,
but
never
reacted.
Now
it
comes
to
light
that
for
the
last
three
months,
she
has
been
taking
English
pronunciation
classes.
Kangana,
whose
next
film
Once
Upon
A
Time
In
Mumbai
with
Ajay
Devgn,
releases
next
month,
says
it
was
her
own
decision
to
correct
her
English
pronunciation
and
that
it
had
nothing
to
do
with
people
poking
fun
at
her.
She
admits
she
is
aware
that
her
pronunciation
has
been
wrong
on
several
occasions,
"I
am
a
girl
from
a
small
town
in
Himachal
Pradesh.
When
I
came
to
Mumbai
I
knew
how
to
speak
English
but
I
didn't
pronounce
the
words
properly.
I
decided
to
change
that.
I
learnt
English
by
reading
books.
My
way
of
learning
a
language
is
by
learning
grammar
first,
and
then
improving
my
vocabulary.
I
am
a
self-taught
person.
I
decided
to
learn
English
and
pronounce
words
properly
because
I
found
it
difficult
expressing
myself
sometimes
to
my
directors."
The
actress
doesn't
have
time
to
attend
English-speaking
schools,
so
she
has
an
English
tutor
Nawaz,
who
comes
to
the
sets
to
coach
her.
She
says,
"I
have
been
working
on
my
pronunciation.
If
I
don't
learn,
I
will
be
a
dumb
person.
But
Nawaz
is
still
not
happy
with
my
progress.
Whenever
we
meet,
she
records
my
voice
and
makes
me
hear
it.
She
has
taught
me
how
to
roll
my
R's
properly
like
a
Britisher.
You
can
say
I
am
acting
in
a
real-life
version
of
My
Fair
Lady!
Today
Bollywood
is
big
in
USA
and
I
want
to
talk
confidently
when
I
am
there.
I
want
to
communicate
and
reach
out
to
them.
Language
is
the
only
way."
Kangana
also
is
learning
French
as
she
plans
to
take
a
holiday
in
France
next
year.
"I
was
at
a
total
loss
when
I
visited
Italy
last
year.
A
couple
of
times
I
landed
up
at
the
wrong
places
because
I
didn't
speak
or
understand
Italian.
I
was
to
go
to
the
Coliseum
but
ended
up
somewhere
completely
different!
Another
time
I
was
to
go
to
Venice
and
went
to
some
place
called
Venezia.
I
was
so
scared
and
almost
in
tears.
That's
when
I
decided
that
I
had
to
learn
Story first published: Wednesday, June 30, 2010, 16:19 [IST]