{"id":8517,"date":"2011-04-24T02:04:44","date_gmt":"2011-04-24T02:04:44","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-04-24T02:04:44","modified_gmt":"2011-04-24T02:04:44","slug":"Dev-Patel-needs-to-lose-his-Indian-accent-pronto-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=8517","title":{"rendered":"Dev Patel needs to lose his Indian accent pronto!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Actor Dev Patel<\/strong> has been sent on a crash course of voice coaching to help him speak English with an Indian accent.<\/p>\n<p>The <strong>Slumdog Millionaire star <\/strong>will appear in <strong>The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel<\/strong>, which also stars <strong>Judi Dench<\/strong>, <strong>Bill Nighy<\/strong> and <strong>Dame Maggie Smith<\/strong> as residents of an elderly nursing home in Bangalore.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had a 20-day session with him in Jaipur. He\u2019s a focused actor and grasps lessons quickly,\u201d said language and diction expert Vidur Chaturvedi.<\/p>\n<p>Sources added that Patel\u2019s girlfriend and <strong>Slumdog costar Frieda Pinto<\/strong> had turned up on set to help the 21-year old actor pick up the \u201cdesi\u201d English accent.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel<\/strong>, helmed by Shakespeare in Love director John Madden, is due for release later this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.showbizspy.com\/article\/231206\/deva-patel-voice-coaching-for-actor-dev-patel.html\">showbizspy<\/a><br \/>\n<!--break--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Dev Patel has been sent on a crash course of voice coaching to help him speak English with 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