Why are Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar learning Arabic?

First Varun Dhawan learnt Urdu, now reports state that Aishwarya and Akshay will be learning Arabic

First it was Bollywood actor Varun Dhawan who was reportedly learning Urdu diction for his upcoming movie Dishoom. Now reports state that Aishwarya Rai and Akshay Kumar will be learning Arabic.

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Aishwarya-starrer Jazbaa will be released internationally which is why director Sanjay Gupta wants to dub the film in various languages. Ash has taken up the challenge of learning Arabic and dubbing her own lines.



"There are cuts of the film being readied, dubbed and released widely all across the UAE. It's been dubbed in Arabic. We're also dubbing it in other South American languages (Spanish and Portuguese) and English. So there are international cuts with a slighter shorter length that will be going out apart from the diaspora release," Times of India quoted the director as saying.

According to Bollywood Hungama, a reliable source said, "Aishwarya feels another voice would ruin her performance in Jazbaa. And the film is very important to her, as she's made a comeback after three years. She can't afford to let anyone or anything spoil it for her.”

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Jazbaa would the first Indian film to be dubbed into Arabic. Explaining the reason for going so far out of the way for linguistic substance Gupta said, "This is for the huge Arabic market for Bollywood cinema. And we have the channel Zee Arabia as a platform to promote the film."

Apart from the former Miss World, Khiladi Akshay Kumar is also learning the nuances of the Arabic language.



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In his forthcoming movie, Airlift, Akshay Kumar is portraying the role of Indian-Arab billionaire Ranjit Katyal. To make his role seem more realistic, Akshay, for certain sequences, will be required to speak in Arabic, reported Times of India.

For those who’re not aware of Ranjit Katyal, he was instrumental in saving the lives of 170,000 Indians while they were stranded in Kuwait during the Iraqi invasion.

Airlift is slated to release sometime in 2016.