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The former Sri Lankan beauty queen has a very strong accent and Jacqueline Fernandez admits that she is really trying her level best to get rid of it. And yes, she admits that it’s giving her a very tough time. “You need to learn to speak the language (Hindi) without any accent. I know that I need to speak Hindi like a pro and I am working very hard with it. It’s very difficult to get rid of an accent when you have grown up with it. I am learning Hindi,” says Jacqueline, speaking to After Hrs at the Zee Cine Awards in Singapore. She adds that speaking Hindi like a pro will take many years. “It will require years of practice to perfect the diction but I can tell you that I will be giving it my best shot because I need to take that step for the sake of my career,” she adds. The actor admits that she is slowly turning up the heat on the big screen because she is playing a seductress in her next movie which is the sequel of Murder. “I know that you have always seen me in cute, g...

Jacqueline Fernandez, the Sri Lankan beauty queen who set Bollywood on fire with her debut film Aladin, which co-starred biggies like Amitabh Bachchan, is all set to sizzle in Kollywood. According to sources, the actress who hails from the island nation of Sri Lanka, will make her debut with the most handsome hero of the south - Ajith Kumar, in his upcoming gangster film, Mankatha. The movie, directed by Venkat Prabhu, also features Nagarjuna in an important role with grey shades. Reportedly, the film is being made simultaneously in Tamil and Telugu, with Jacqueline playing the female lead in both Tamil and Telugu versions. Talks are still on with her. Actor Manchu Manoj will share screen space with the two lead actors. Yuvan Shankar Raja composes the music and Shakthi Saravanan is behind the camera. Produced by Dayanidhi Alagiri of Cloud Nine Movies, a slick pre-shoot trailer of Mankatha with Ajith was released recently and was a huge hit among his fans.