Jim Sarbh On Acting In Telugu Without Knowing The Language ‘I Just Mugged It Up…’ News24 –

Jim Sarbh, known for his intense roles in Bollywood and OTT hits, stepped into South Indian cinema with his Telugu debut in Sekhar Kammula’s upcoming social thriller Kuberaa. The movie also stars Nagarjuna, Dhanush, and Rashmika Mandanna.

Jim opened up about the challenge of performing in a language he doesn’t speak. “I have done all my lines in Telugu, although I don’t know the language. I just mugged up my lines. It takes time and effort, but I am pretty good at doing that,” he said during an appearance on SCREEN’s Suvir Saran Show.

The actor confessed to experiencing anxiety before his first scene with Nagarjuna, “I was wildly nervous the first day. Not just that I had never spoken the language, but I didn’t even know two words of it. Nagarjuna was my co-actor in that scene, and it was just me and him. I knew he was a legend, and I had seen some of his work. I was shitting bricks and wanted to be under the couch instead of being on the couch. I had to be very commanding over him as well in the scene. So I was nervous,” he added.

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But Nagarjuna’s supportive demeanor made him feel comfortable and relaxed. “Nagarjuna was such a gentle, encouraging, loving, chilled-out, cool guy on set. That really made it a lot easier. He didn’t make me nervous at all. He instead did everything within his power to make me feel comfortable and relaxed” Sarbh added.

Jim plays a grey-shaded character and shares most of his scenes with Nagarjuna In Kuberaa. It is directed by Sekhar Kammula and will release in Telugu, Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam, and Kannada. It is produced by Suniel Narang and Puskur Ram Mohan Rao under Sree Venkateswara Cinemas LLP and Amigos Creations.