‘Raazi’ actress Amruta Khanvilkar impresses Meghna Gulzar with her Urdu efficiency!

The winner of 7th season of a dance based reality show ‘Nach Baliye’, actor Amruta Khanvilkar is all set for her upcoming Bollywood movie, a Meghna Gulzar directorial ‘Raazi’, produced by Karan Johar’s ‘Dharma Productions’, starring Alia Bhatt and Vicky Kaushal. She is portraying the role of Munira, a housewife, from the Pakistani Royal family.

The character, being a person belonging to the Muslim family, Amruta obviously had to converse in Urdu. She was a part of the critically acclaimed Marathi Movie, ‘Katyar Kaljat Ghusli’, in which she portrayed a Muslim character. Her performance earned her rave reviews. Amruta, on her own, took efforts to learn Urdu for ‘Raazi’, as she had to have that perfect accent.

Amruta said, “Urdu here was much harder as compared to ‘Katyar…’ I was well prepared, as I had to speak Urdu in front of the legendary Gulzar Sahab’s daughter. Seeing me study my character thoroughly and going prepared on the sets, Meghana Ma’am was quiet impressed”

She further adds, “Though being a Maharashtrian, I didn’t have the typical Marathi touch while conversing in Urdu and when I went for the auditions, Meghanaji really liked the fluency, and accent as there was no Marathi tone to it and eventually I signed the movie. I even did toughest of Urdu-speaking scenes with ease and Meghanaji was kind enough to appreciate and encouraged me at every step. It’s a proud moment for me(smiles)”