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While flipping through the channels after watching RangRasiya last night, I stumbled upon a show on LifeOK. I could only tell from the dressing style of the female leads that the show was based in a Rajhastani backdrop. When they spoke, I doubted my speculation because it was pure Hindi. Then one of the guys in the scene spoke in a somewhat Rajhastani dialect.
When Sanaya speaks in RR, my impression is that she has a flawed Rajhastani accent. When the actors in the above-mentioned show spoke, I felt they have a pure Hindi accent spiced up with bits of Rajhastani here and there. This indicates that Sanaya is far far better in her attempt of catching up the local dialect.
Ashish however seems to be very good. This is no surprise though as he had mentioned in one of his interviews that he is a Rajput so he provides suggestions to RR's creative team. Hence I assume that he's a native of Rajhastan.
Becoming a native speaker is far from an easy deal. It requires a life time of experience. We have an American professor in the Arabic Studies department of our university who teaches Arabic courses. He has gone as far as doing his PhD in Arabic. Still, when he speaks, my Arab friends remark that you can clearly say that he's not a native speaker of Arabic. Based on this analogy, I am not at all expecting Sanaya to master Rajhastani in a short span of time. This is next to impossible even in the long term given the stark difference between Hindi and Rajhastani. Rajhastani is a completely different dialect, not just a different accent to be precise.
Nevertheless, I think Ashish can help Sanaya improve. Sanaya became a fluent Hindi speaker during her show MJHT when she forced herself and her costars to speak with her in Hindi on the sets. I think she should resort to the same strategy with her costars of RR.
Anupamaa
