Salaar director Prashanth Neel asked Tinnu Anand to drop his ‘Oxford English accent’ during shoot: ‘When I said it first…’

Tinnu Anand will be seen in Prabhas starrer Salaar, which is directed by Prashanth Neel of KGF fame.

New Delhi | September 13, 2023 06:59 PM IST

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Actor Tinnu Anand will next be seen in Salaar.

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Veteran actor Tinnu Anand continues to actively be part of cinema at the age of 77 and even though he comes with a lot of experience, he doesn’t mind taking feedback from his directors. The seasoned artist is completely in awe of his next film, Salaar’s director Prashanth Neel, who advised him to change his accent when recording the teaser’s dialogue.

In Salaar’s teaser, Tinnu is seen introducing Prabhas’s lead character. In the introduction, he tells a man, “Simple English. No confusion. Lion, Cheetah, Tiger, Elephant. Very dangerous but not in Jurassic Park…”

During an on-stage chat with Radio Nasha, he recalled, “When I said it in my first recording, I said, ‘Lion, Tiger, Cheetah, Elephant, very dangerous’. He comes and says, ‘Sir please leave your Oxford English accent at home.’ I said okay, simple English. No confusion.”

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The actor added, “So you know, it’s he who pointed it out to me because his character will not be speaking in Oxford English. His character will be speaking the street language, the way it is spoken, and down South it’s spoken this way.” The senior actor couldn’t stop appreciating Prashanth and his method of working on the set.

“He narrates everything to the actor and he does not rest till he gets it, no matter who the actor is in front of him. It could be Prabhas, the biggest hero down South. It could be Prithviraj, it could be Tinnu Anand, it could be other actors on the set but he knows exactly what he wants from them and not only that, he is one director who has come to know that it’s not the actors in front, who make up the scene, it’s the people behind also. Those 200 people in the street,” shared Tinnu, who has worked in several blockbuster films such as Agneethpath, Damini, Trimurti, Dabangg and others. Salaar is not Tinnu’s first brush with South cinema, which is why the actor mentioned that Prashanth’s style is quite refreshing, especially in comparison to Bollywood directors.

“So, he goes to each one of them and tells them what he wants. Here it doesn’t happen at all. Yahan pe to himmat nahi hoti hero ko kuch bolne ki and yahan pe aap baat kar rahe hai about junior artists,” he said.

Salaar’s makers have announced that the film’s release date has been postponed. While earlier, the movie was set to release on September 28, the new release date is yet to be announced. The film also stars Prithviraj Sukumaran, Shruti Haasan and Jagapathi Babu.

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