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'I had to learn Marathi but Akshay was a great help because he speaks Marathi very fluently and all my dialogues have a Hindi accent with a little Maharashtrian touch and this is the first time I am playing such a character, an out-and-out Maharashtrian girl called Indu Tendulkar,' the 27-year-old said here while promoting the film at a mall.

'So, it was a lot of fun. I went all out for the character and hopefully it will have a good response,' she added. Asin's last two films 'Housefull 2' and 'Bol Bachchan' were superhits and she hopes 'Khiladi 786' turns out to be even a bigger hit.

'Hopefully, keeping fingers crossed for a hat-trick. This year really has been very good for me with 'Housefull 2' and 'Bol Bachchan' doing really, really well. I hope 'Khiladi 786' follows and hopefully breaks the record of the last two ones and I am looking forward to that,' Asin said. Directed by Ashish R. Mohan, 'Khiladi 786' hits theatres Dec 7.