Making her Telugu debut with filmmaker S S Rajamouli’s upcoming magnum opus RRR, in which she’s paired alongside actor Ram Charan, Alia Bhatt joined the team in the first week of December in Hyderabad.

“Shooting for this film was a very different experience for me because along with Hindi, I also had to shoot in Telugu, which is a language I don’t know,” shares Bhatt. The makers of the film, which resumed shooting after an almost eight-month break in October, completed a 50-day major action sequence without a break, before starting the portions with Bhatt. The project also stars actors Ajay Devgn, Jr NTR and Shriya Saran.

Bhatt admits she was excited to shoot for the multi-lingual, in which she plays a pivotal character called Sita, and completing her first schedule has been smooth.

“I literally lived with the lines for a year-and-a-half. By the end of it, I was speaking my lines in my sleep. I was waking up and saying my lines for breakfast, lunch and dinner. I’m extremely excited and thrilled to be a part of this film. To be directed by Rajamouli sir, and to work with these extremely talented and larger-than-life actors Junior NTR and Ram Charan,” she shares.

Bhatt’s next release, held up due to the pandemic is likely to be Brahmastra, co-starring Ranbir Kapoor.