M.S. Dhoni : The Untold Story :: Disha Patani Learned A Tribal Language For Her Role In The Film

Disha Patani, who is all set to make her Bollywood debut in the film M.S Dhoni : The Untold Story, learned a tribal language for the character she portrays in the film. She plays the role of Priyanka Jha, former girlfriend of M.S. Dhoni. As MSD and Priyanka Jha used to partially converse in Asuri, the tribal language used by the Munda community, it was woven into the script and Disha Patani picked up a few lines in that language.

Asuri is a minor Munda language and exists only in spoken form today. There exists no written form of the language today. It is spoken in isolated pockets of Jharkhand (south Palamau, north Ranchi, Gumla and Lohardaga districts), Chhatisgarh (Raigarh and Jashpur), Odisha, West Bengal and Maharashtra.