After Game tanked at the BO, the model-turned-actress Sarah-Jane Dias has started shooting a Telugu movie

With her B-Town outing Game not making any mark, Sarah-Jane Dias is now venturing south. The model-turned-actress has begun shooting for an untitled Telugu film.

As part of her preparations, Sarah is trying to get her lingo right. She has spent hours viewing Telugu films on DVD. Though she does not understand the language at all, she is trying to hear it out to get her accent right.

Southern fascination

Says a source, "Though she watched several Telugu flicks, what she particularly liked was 2009's big ticket Magadheera starring Pawan Kalyan and Kajal Agarwal. She was fascinated by it and has been repeating the movie's dialogues."

Adds the source, "On the first day of her shoot, Sarah surprised her co-star Pawan by greeting him in Telugu. Though it's tough, as she has no clue about the language, she is trying extremely hard."

Her spokesperson confirms, "Sarah is working on a Telugu film opposite Pawan Kalyan and has been researching for her role and perfecting her diction."

Tamil, too

Before Game, Sarah-Jane Dias had acted in a Tamil movie Theeradha Vilaiyattu Pillai (Restless Playboy), which released in January 2010. Written and directed by Thiru Krishnamoorthy, the film's cast included Vishal Krishna, Neetu Chandra and Tanushree Dutta.