Elli Avram: My Hindi Was Terrible When I Debuted In Bollywood!
Elli Avram struggled during her initial days in Bollywood as she didn't know Hindi. The actress then took up classes and learnt the language and is pretty much confident with Hindi.
Elli
Avram,
who
hails
from
Sweden
found
it
really
hard
to
make
her
mark
in
Bollywood
as
she
struggled
to
speak
Hindi
and
found
it
hard
to
communicate
with
during
her
debut
Mickey
Virus
in
2013.
However,
all
this
did
not
hinder
Elli's
confidence
as
she
took
up
the
challenge
and
learnt
the
language
and
is
now
pretty
much
comfortable
and
confident
with
it.
She
opened
up
to
HT
by
saying,
"Yes,
I
have
learned
all
of
it
properly.
When
I
came
to
India,
I
only
knew
basic
Hindi
like
'Namaste,
Mera
naam
Elli
hai'.
But
when
I
did
Kis
Kisko
Pyaar
Karun
(2015),
I
used
to
communicate
with
the
cast
and
crew
in
Hindi.
However,
a
lot
of
people
still
think
that
I
can't
converse
in
the
language
but
come
on,
it's
been
five
years
that
I
have
been
living
here,
so
I
had
to
learn
it."
On
Getting
The
Role
In
Mickey
Virus
"No,
not
really!
I
got
Mickey
Virus
quite
easily.
I
gave
the
audition;
there
were
four
pages
that
I
had
to
deliver
in
Hindi.
My
acting
was
terrible
at
that
time."
Learnt
The
Language
Through
A
Teacher
"But
I
very
confidently
told
the
director
that
I
know
I
can
improve
[my
diction]
and
the
only
thing
I
had
requested
them
for
was
a
Hindi
teacher
who
can
teach
me
my
dialogues
and
explain
the
emotions
of
the
character
to
me."
Picked
Up
The
Language
Really
Well
"Since
they
loved
my
expressions
in
the
auditions,
they
gave
me
a
Hindi
teacher
and
ever
since
then
I
have
been
on
it."
Learning
A
New
Language
Is
Exotic!
"A
different
language,
for
me,
is
like
something
exotic.
I'm
open
to
working
in
different
languages.
You
get
to
experience
so
many
different
cultures
and
countries
and
if
any
other
movie
industry
excites
me,
why
would
I
mind
working
there?"
On
Working
In
South
Films
"Hindi
is
not
my
mother
tongue
[either],
and
now
that
I
live
in
India,
I
am
speaking
different
languages.
So,
working
in
Tamil
and
Kannada
film
is
similar
to
when
I
started
off
in
Hindi
films.
If
the
script
excites
me,
everything
else
becomes
secondary.
Of
course,
I
do
my
bits
like
study
my
lines,
focus
on
my
dialogue
delivery
and
get
into
the
skin
of
the
character."