Chennai: We meet Raashi Khanna at a city hotel just before her flight. She greets us in Tamil and speaks the language fluently. “I learnt Tamil via Zoom call this lockdown. My teacher gave me homework every day. I used to complete them like a school kid. I was her best student and in fact, I spoke better Tamil a few months ago. I didn’t have anyone to talk to in the last few days,” she begins.
The actress says that she learnt the language in order to understand and emote dialogues in a better way. “I felt that it would be better if I dub for my own dialogues,” she adds. Raashi says that she has always been a studious girl. “When I was in school, I aspired to become an IAS officer. However, after a photo shoot, I landed acting offers, and being an actor helps us to know and live the life of all other professions.
Raashi despite working across industries has managed to keep rumour-mongers quiet. “It is because I don’t open up to a lot of people. Only once I was linked with an Indian cricketer, who I have never met. I only know that he is a bowler. Apart from that, there haven’t been any I believe,” she concludes and leaves to the airport.
