Actress Mindy Kaling, who has Indian roots, says it was difficult to learn Hindi for her forthcoming movie "Ocean's 8". "When I was cast in 'Ocean's 8', I didn't think there would be much prep but I ended up doing more than on any movie I've worked on," Kaling said in a statement to IANS. "I had to become fluent enough in Hindi that I could speak it with ease in a couple of scenes and that wasn't easy because I don't speak any Indian languages.

"I was raised speaking English only because my parents spoke two different Indian languages, so the only language we all had in common was English. I also shadowed a jeweller so that I could learn how to hold all the instruments of the trade," the actress said. In the film, Kaling plays Amita, a jewellery maker, who turns a $150 million diamond necklace into seven smaller pieces in the name of a heist.