Vidya
Balan
says
she
is
having
a
great
experience
working
on
her
debut
Telugu
film,
a
biopic
on
actor-politician
N
T
Rama
Rao.
The
National
Award
Winner,
who
is
playing
NTR's
wife
Basavatarakam
in
the
bilingual
project,
said
she
is
excited
about
her
first
full-fledged
film
down
South.
"It
is
my
first
Telugu
film,
so
I
am
very
excited
as
I
have
never
spoken
and
delivered
dialogues
in
other
language.
I
did
a
small
appearance
in
a
Malayalam
filmbut
here
I
have
a
full-fledged
role.
I
am
playing
NTR
ji's
wife
Basavatarakam," Balan
told
reporters
here
at
an
event
last
evening.
"It's
just
been
five
days
of
shoot
so
far
and
it
has
been
a
very
good
experience
as
the
team
has
been
very
professional,
the
work
starts
at
sharp
9
am
and
the
shift
ends
at
6pm.
This
is
a
very
different
experience
for
me,"
she
added.
Vidya
has
been
appointed
as
the
brand
ambassadorfor
the
Malta
India
Film
Festival
and
the
actor
said
she
is
proud
to
be
the
face
of
such
a
popular
event.
"There
is
no
better
way
than
bringing
two
countries
and
people
together
than
culture.
Films
are
a
huge
tool
for
cultural
exchange.
It
is
fantastic
that
the
film
festival
is
happening.
We
will
be
celebrating
movies
from
the
two
countries.
It
is
great
to
see
different
world
views
through
cinema,"
she
said.
"Malta
is
probably
the
one
country
to
have
the
best
weather
round
the
year.
I
am
looking
forward
to
see
Maltese
films
and
show
our
Indian
films
there,"
she
added.
Director
Vijay
Krishna
Acharya,
who
is
working
on
the
most
awaited
film
of
the
year
"Thugs
of
Hindostan",
says,
he
jumped
at
the
idea
of
being
a
jury
member
for
this
festival.
The
director
recently
shot
portions
of
the
Aamir
Khan
and
Amitabh
Bachchan-starrer
film
inMalta.
"The
idea
of
the
festival
came
after
I
had
finished
filming.
For
my
specific
needs
Malta
was
a
great
place,
it
was
a
dream
destination
for
me.
I
am
going
there
to
feed
my
brain
with
films
and
my
stomach
with
food,"
Acharya
said.