Apart from English, I speak my mother tongue Malayalam, as well as Tamil, Telugu, and a bit of Kannada and French.
The fact that I did a Tamil film is going to help me a lot in learning Telugu.
Language has never been a barrier for me. I grew up learning Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil.
I can speak Tamil fluently, and the sentence structures in Telugu are quite similar.
If my mom came to the sets, we would speak to her in Tulu, and no one would understand. That's an advantage when you know any South Indian language.
I am delighted to have won a place in both Tamil and Telugu film industry.
I know how difficult it is to learn languages, since I am working in three regional industries in South India, and unless the director wants my voice to be dubbed, I do my own dubbing.
I struggled a bit with Malayalam, but it was easier speaking Tamil; it is closer to Telugu.
Telugu is a lot like Kannada, so I don't have a problem with Telugu. But Tamil is very difficult to learn, man.
I would love to explore my options in Tamil as well as Malayalam.
'My Country, My Music' is about bringing music in languages like Tamil, Telegu, Kannada, Malyalam, and Marathi together. It's about bringing musical genres together, different scenarios in which music is displayed in our country in one show.
I am comfortable with all four South Indian languages.
