In Jackpot: Full Jhol, Sunny Leone will speak her own Hindi lines. A full-fledged Hindi-Urdu tutor has been deployed for the purpose.
Director Kaizad Gustad smiles at memories of another firangi actress in his debut film In Boom. Kaizad had introduced Katrina Kaif. Her Hindi was non-existent. And her dialogues had to be dubbed. Now Kaizad gets Sunny Leone to be one-up on Katrina in Jackpot.
Says the director, “Sunny is the only female character in Jackpot. She is really one of the hardest-working actresses. Just like Katrina. When Katrina came to Mumbai she didn’t know a word of Hindi.”
Sunny Leone seems mighty charged with the challenge of mastering the rashtra-bhasha. “I am extremely competitive so when someone tells me I can’t do something like act, dance, express emotions on screen, or speak Hindi, all it makes me do is work harder to prove all those negative people wrong.”