‘And why not? For years, we have accepted the British and Australian accent, for example. So its high time we accept an Indian accent. I play an Indian girl in the film, and for me it’s a matter of great pride that I get to be myself. That is one of the aspects that drew me to the script and attracted me to do this film, the fact that for once, I was allowed to be myself is fantastic. I was allowed to flaunt that I am Indian.’
Deepika further said that accents, ‘Will happen on project-to-project basis or role-to-role basis. Of course such things (accents) matter, but this one particular film and role gave me an opportunity to be proud of who i am and where i come from. Why wont i make most of it?’
Interestingly, Priyanka Chopra too plays a girl of Indian origin in Quantico, named Alex Parish. We wonder how Priyanka would react to Deepika’s statement.
